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Vol. 7, No. 20 Week of May 19, 2002
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry


Schlottman heads to Alaska in 1953 with Phillips’ first exploration team

The greenhorn geologist’s first task was to find bear guards for the camp; he graduated to radioman and mapmaker

Jen Ransom

PNA Staff Writer

When greenhorn geologist Al Schlottman first came up to Alaska with Phillips Petroleum Co. in June 1953, his first task had nothing to do with oil exploration. “I was sent up earlier (than the rest of the geologists) to Cordova to find bear guards,” said Schlottman. “I just sat down at a bar and as....

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