USA, ALASKA
Anchorage — FAIRBANKS – COLDFOOT – DEADHORSE – COLVILLE RIVER DELTA
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.
Cameron Milroy (25) was born in Kotzebue on the west coast of Alaska. His mother is native, his father Scottish - Irish. He grew up with his father in Oregon. When Cameron was 20 years he came back to Alaska and got a job with Nanan (a native oil company) in Deadhorse. 'I started as a cleaner, but now I am a 'level 1' truck driver. I enjoy the climate here.
