45 Objekte
(RM) 146977597
VIA PANAM, MIGRATION IN THE AMERICA'S, ALASKA
Coldfoot is the only truckstop between Fairbanks and Deadhorse, on the left Tont Molesky..Tony Molesky (41) is a so-called iceroadtrucker. He has been traveling the road between Anchorage and Deadhorse for the last 18 years and has done about 2 million miles. Tony came in 1978 from California to Alaska with his grandparents. In 1989 he drove his first truck for Carlile, the company he still works for..Around 250 so called iceraod truckers a day travel the Dalton highway between Fairbanks and Deadhorse. They supply the oil companies in Prudhoe Bay..Deadhorse is the end of the Panamerican highway at 70¡N 148¡W on the coast of the Arctic ocean. Deadhorse never really existed until oil was found in Prudhoe Bay and the Trans-Alaska pipeline system was build. The residents of Deadhorse are almost all migrant workers from the US and Latin America who work in the oil. The population is around 5000. The Trans-Alaska pipeline was constructed between 1974 and 1977 after the 1973 oil crisis. Currently the pipeline transports around 700,000 barrels a day. The oilfields are being leased and are mostly based on native land, nevertheless the companies deny access to any outsiders.Around 250 so called iceroad truckers a day travel the Dalton highway between Fairbanks and Deadhorse. They supply the oil companies in Prudhoe Bay. Coldfoot is the last stop before Deadhorse..Deadhorse is the end of the Panamerican highway at 70¡N 148¡W on the coast of the Arctic ocean. Deadhorse never really existed until oil was found in Prudhoe Bay and the Trans-Alaska pipeline system was build. The residents of Deadhorse are almost all migrant workers from the US and Latin America who work in the oil. The population is around 5000. The Trans-Alaska pipeline was constructed between 1974 and 1977 after the 1973 oil crisis. Currently the pipeline transports around 700,000 barrels a day. The oilfields are being leased and are mostly based on native land, nevertheless the companies deny access to any outsiders. (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR)
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