Caribou Inn
Caribou was to perfect replic of what the men and women would have experinced in the early days of the pipeline. The billeting was small with little comfort items. We did have a toliet and shower so I would say if it were a military billeting it would have been and officer room. The chief cook at the galley might have done time in the Navy because breakfast was quite good. The rooms cost $190.00 a night and breakfast was $15.00.
Caribou Inn was quite the experince as was getting fuel. The newer barracks or berthing building are mounted on wheels so that they may be move. I don't know if they are self moving but I believe that during the winter months they may move them out on the bay closer to the rigs that they use. I do know that before I left there was a Rig #25 being build for the Doyon Drilling in Vancouver that was self walking. I believe it is scheduled to leave Vancouver this month and make Prudhoe in August. One poster I saw showed that one rig could drill into and area 8 miles wide.
Being at Prudhoe Bay made me think about what kind of person it takes to be 500 miles from no where to live and work. I remember my time in Antarctica it is like being at the last frontier. Being at a place that so few folks will every experience.
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