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Vol. 7, No. 39 Week of September 29, 2002
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry

PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: Negotiating the ice pack and the Arctic weather to deliver cargo

Northern Transportation’s fleet of shallow draft tugs and barges provides a unique delivery service along the Arctic coast from Point Hope eastwards

Alan Bailey

PNA Contributing Writer

Moving supplies and equipment by ship to the communities and industrial complexes along Alaska’s north coast must count as one of the world’s most unusual and demanding transportation challenges. Negotiating the brief ice-free season and the changeable Arctic climate requires extensive experience, b....

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