Nome, Alaska in 2010 - 2011:
He's been working as a Journeyman Pipefitter
while overseeing several Apprentices on the new
Norton Sound Regional Hospital
currently being constructed in
Nome, Alaska...
Norton Sound Regional Hospital
currently being constructed in
Nome, Alaska...
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| My son, Carl... |
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| His new 4-wheeler ~ He's taking a lunch break while enjoying the view... |
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| On the job... |
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| The view from a friend's place on the Snake River... |
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| 20 degrees and calm... |
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| Muskox next to trail... |
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| The trail around the back of Anvil Mountain... |
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| Spectacular... |
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| Nice sledding hills at Anvil Mountain... |
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| Main Street at 9:00 pm... |
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| A beautiful sunset at 45 degrees... |
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| Shoreline in front of City... |
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| A snowy Nome... |
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| He said, "UFO? Must be the "Fourth Kind" in Nome... |
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| Beachfront property... |
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| Sunrise almost at 12:00 pm.... |
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| Finding the angle of piping to be fabricated-(49')... |
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| Fitting new fabricated spool piece (49' + 41' = 90')... |
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| Norton Sound Regional Hospital ~ Initial building construction and site development... |
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| Removing parts and pieces to be re-installed on new piping, "Everyone's in a rush" |
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| Apprentice aligning bolts for correct flange fitting... |
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| Apprentice helping with the installation... |
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| Rigging for removal of existing piping and equipment... |
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| Another Apprentice hard at work... |
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| "Just a little closer now" |
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| A view of Nome from the 2nd Floor of the new hospital... |
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| Norton Sound Regional Hospital under construction as of July 1, 2011... |
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| The Norton Sound Regional Hospital under construction earlier in 2010... |
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| Polaris Hotel where he and his Apprentices stay while working in Nome... |
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| Pebble Beach... |
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| Mining campsite along the shoreline... |
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| Northwest coast of Nome ~ about 10 minutes away from the hotel where they stay... |
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| Penny River... |
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| A barge/excavator "Christine Rose" and sleuth sifter featured on the Discovery Channel's Bering Sea Gold show digging in the ocean for gold... |
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| An Apprentice atop Anvil Rock... |
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| Front-end loader filling sifting equipment that separates gold from beach sand... |
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| Fishing trip to Sinuk River ~ Appx. 80 miles round-trip from Nome... |
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| Safety Sound Bridge... |
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| The Nome Church at 6:00 am when it was 22 degrees outside... |
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| Safety Road House ~ The last checkpoint of the Iditarod... |
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| Main Street... |
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| Father and son catching trout at the mouth of Nome River... |
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| Beach coastline on the ride to Safety Sound... |
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| The mouth of Safety Sound... |
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| Apprentices and a friend trying their luck trout fishing... |
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| Summer camp on the coast of Nome... |
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| Camp at Safety Sound... |
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| The road to Cripple Creek... |
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| Overlooking Nome, Alaska... [These series of my son's photographs of Nome, Alaska were featured on 12-12-11 in "The Alaskans Daily" @ http://paper.li/denali_ak/alaskans-10] |
