#north slope

[highways-are-liminal-spaces]

Deadhorse, Alaska

Taken June 2023

[supplyside]

The Trans-Alaskan Pipeline starts at Pump Station 1, in Prudhoe Bay. The pipeline was completed in 1977 at a cost of $8 billion, connecting the entirety of the output of the oil fields of the North Slope, to the port at Valdez, and the marketplace

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Polar bear

Curious polar bear cub tries to balance on its hind legs at the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in North Slope, Alaska.

Photographer: gettyimages.com

[lichtschimmer]

USA, Alaska, Toolik Lake, North Slope - webcam 

[arcticdementor]

Eating local

I’d like to see some of the “only eat food grown/produced within 100 miles of where you live” try to do that while spending several months living in Utqiaġvik.

[earthstory]

Hanging over Tuktu Bluff

Much of Alaska today is the result of subduction of the Pacific and Farallon plates beneath the edges of the North American continent. In the process, marine rocks deposited over millions of years have been thrust up to the surface and exposed to erosion.

This view is taken looking north From Tuktu bluff, peering out over Alaska’s North Slope. The heart of Alaska holds towering mountain ranges and active faults that have pushed the rocks upward. The rocks this geologist is walking on are the Nanushuk Formation; Cretaceous aged sedimentary rocks made of marine sediments including shales and turbidites. The rocks are the remnants of sediments deposited in deep water off shore, thrusted upward by the forces that built Alaska.

The North Slope of Alaska has been a source of oil and other hydrocarbons for decades. These hydrocarbons are sourced from rocks like these; carbon rich sediments deposited on the bottom of the ocean tens of millions of years ago.

-JBB

Image credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/usgeologicalsurvey/14709100778

Read more: http://alaska.hometownlocator.com/maps/feature-map,ftc,1,fid,1411282,n,tuktu%20bluff.cfm http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1673/text.html

[johnnyslittleanimalblog]

He Woke Mom Up by David & Shiela Glatz Via Flickr: Mother Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) and her daughter just wanted to take a nap. They had just crossed the channel after being hazed off the shore by humans. They were tired. However, the male cub was restless. He walked to the coast and checked out the humans in the boat, but they wouldn't come ashore to play with him. Here he went back to mom and climbed her back, of course waking her up. No rest for a busy and attentive mother bear.

[austinparkhill]

A little #detail action. "Pipeline Tuttu" * * * #MEGAfauna #painting inspired by my #arcticdrive in a @jeep to #Utqiagvik last winter, involving 200+ miles of driving over the sea-ice. This is a section of the #daltonhighway along the #pipeline through the #Alaska #tundra where we saw many #caribou (tuttu, if you know) which leads us to this piece (22x30" - mixed media on canvas - 2017). Keep your eyes peeled for an upcoming @popularmechanics article from my #adventure! * * * #monochrome #northslope #jeep #popmech #austinparkhill #contemporaryart #wildlife #magicalrealism #imaginativerealism