Comments on: Hitching to Prudhoe Bay & the Arctic Ocean http://whileinalaska.com/2009/07/17/hitching-to-prudhoe-bay-the-arctic-ocean/ An Adventure Beyond the Arctic Circle Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:39:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Harry Thibedeau http://whileinalaska.com/2009/07/17/hitching-to-prudhoe-bay-the-arctic-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-4554 Harry Thibedeau Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:36:24 +0000 http://whileinalaska.com/?p=220#comment-4554 Great story and awesome pictures. My late cousin "Shorty Thibedeau" of Fairbanks owned the water well drilling company that drilled the wells for all the work camps on the Dalton and the North Slope...used to tell me great stories about Deadhorse... On my trip up the Dalton I never went all the way to Deadhorse...turned around about 40 miles after going over the pass...got bored of the flat tundra...plus I needed to get back to Wiseman... Keep up the great posts...would love to see you guys put together a complete DVD with the pictures from your summer on the Dalton...I would be the first to buy it!!! Harry W. Thibedeau Great story and awesome pictures. My late cousin “Shorty Thibedeau” of Fairbanks owned the water well drilling company that drilled the wells for all the work camps on the Dalton and the North Slope…used to tell me great stories about Deadhorse…

On my trip up the Dalton I never went all the way to Deadhorse…turned around about 40 miles after going over the pass…got bored of the flat tundra…plus I needed to get back to Wiseman…

Keep up the great posts…would love to see you guys put together a complete DVD with the pictures from your summer on the Dalton…I would be the first to buy it!!!

Harry W. Thibedeau

]]> By: Josh Hemsath http://whileinalaska.com/2009/07/17/hitching-to-prudhoe-bay-the-arctic-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-4553 Josh Hemsath Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:14:30 +0000 http://whileinalaska.com/?p=220#comment-4553 Ted and Cory - Glad you were finally able to get close to an Alaskan moose. The first time I got close to one was when I was 9 after my family moved to AK. I was walking to school, and on the other side of the path was a moose... I got really quiet, because, as a kid, those things are HUGE! (And they kick). Deadhorse is a trip, especially the camp/hotel. You'd never suspect that it's either. (Don't worry the BP/Conoco camps are a lot more... "habitable"?) You guys have had some amazing experiences, and met some real Alaskan characters. Hope you keep coming back! -- Josh (@jdhemsath) Ted and Cory –

Glad you were finally able to get close to an Alaskan moose. The first time I got close to one was when I was 9 after my family moved to AK. I was walking to school, and on the other side of the path was a moose… I got really quiet, because, as a kid, those things are HUGE! (And they kick).

Deadhorse is a trip, especially the camp/hotel. You’d never suspect that it’s either. (Don’t worry the BP/Conoco camps are a lot more… “habitable”?)

You guys have had some amazing experiences, and met some real Alaskan characters. Hope you keep coming back!

– Josh (@jdhemsath)

]]> By: Mark http://whileinalaska.com/2009/07/17/hitching-to-prudhoe-bay-the-arctic-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-4551 Mark Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:10:24 +0000 http://whileinalaska.com/?p=220#comment-4551 I wish I had read your blog a few days earlier, I could have driven over to Deadhorse and met you ! Deadhorse always reminds me of that sci-fi movie "Outland" for some reason. I seldom go over there, except to work on a few pieces of communications gear. Last week I saw 3 herds of muskox with calves in that area, not 100 yards from the BP west check-point. Glad you got to see some. At times, thousands of caribou will be walking through there, they like to use the pipelines and structures for shade. I've had to stop the truck and wait 45 minutes for a group to cross the road before I could travel on. Enjoy the rest of your stay in Alaska ! I wish I had read your blog a few days earlier, I could have driven over to Deadhorse and met you ! Deadhorse always reminds me of that sci-fi movie “Outland” for some reason. I seldom go over there, except to work on a few pieces of communications gear.

Last week I saw 3 herds of muskox with calves in that area, not 100 yards from the BP west check-point. Glad you got to see some. At times, thousands of caribou will be walking through there, they like to use the pipelines and structures for shade. I’ve had to stop the truck and wait 45 minutes for a group to cross the road before I could travel on.

Enjoy the rest of your stay in Alaska !

]]> By: Limberger http://whileinalaska.com/2009/07/17/hitching-to-prudhoe-bay-the-arctic-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-4548 Limberger Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:50:07 +0000 http://whileinalaska.com/?p=220#comment-4548 Wow! You both are so lucky. What an amazing trip. You both look good too. Thanks for the post. Limberger family Wow! You both are so lucky. What an amazing trip. You both look good too. Thanks for the post.
Limberger family

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