Cool Alaska photos, 3rd in a series: While a lot of the photos in this series are were made from inside the coach, it did stop upon occasion. Hope this finds you enjoying these from a...

DougS Loc: Central Arkansas

While a lot of the photos in this series are were made from inside the coach, it did stop upon occasion.
Hope this finds you enjoying these from a nice, cool location.
One in yesterdays post was the remains of the north's version of a forest fire. Very small trees, sparse and blackened.

One of the stops, at the oil pipeline, no touching allowed; only one in todays that is taken while outside the vehicle(s)

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Mt. Supakpak, Dalton Highway, a mountain of marble!

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Mt. Supakpak, Dalton Highway
Mt. Supakpak, Dalton Highway...

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Brooks Mountains, Dalton Highway

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rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

Those twin structures extending out of the supports are radiators designed to transfer the elevated temperature of the pipeline to atmosphere rather than melting permafrost. I made a small fortune selling climate controlled control enclosures on the Pipeline for environmental monitoring.

alby Loc: very eastern pa.

good pics of the cold state.. how far apart are the supports? just wondering. i worked where we built some of the pumps to push the oil down the pipes and compressors to force more out out of the wells.... at least that is what they told us.

DougS Loc: Central Arkansas

rgrenaderphoto wrote:

Those twin structures extending out of the supports are radiators designed to transfer the elevated temperature of the pipeline to atmosphere rather than melting permafrost. I made a small fortune selling climate controlled control enclosures on the Pipeline for environmental monitoring.

Thanks for adding the extra information on the structures, I personally was aware of their purpose. We saw some telephone/power poles along the AlCan highway not long after entering Alaska from Canada, demonstrating just what happens when the absorbed heat melts the permafrost. Some are almost horizontal now. And then there are the frost heaves.

DougS Loc: Central Arkansas

alby wrote:

good pics of the cold state.. how far apart are the supports? just wondering. i worked where we built some of the pumps to push the oil down the pipes and compressors to force more out out of the wells.... at least that is what they told us.

Hoping everyone enjoys the snowy Alaska scenes. Yes, it was a little cold...
I happened to have met an engineer who worked at Prudehoe who worked with the pumps your mentioned. PID loops (Proportional Integral Derivatives), controlling the pumps. Seems like he said the pumps were used to return the natural gas back into the field, to force out more oil. Golly, that was back in the early 90's, in a class setting.

Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky

I've lost count of the number of Alaska landscape scenes I've seen but I've never seen one like the first one. Thanks for sharing that!

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Ah, these make me feel cold just looking at them. Nice work on all of these, and I have enjoyed seeing all of your series. You and Mike really make me want to go up there to see for myself.

DougS Loc: Central Arkansas

Fstop12 wrote:

I've lost count of the number of Alaska landscape scenes I've seen but I've never seen one like the first one. Thanks for sharing that!

The pipeline definitely added interest to the scene. Sometimes it is close to the road, other times it is quite a distance, and occasionally it disappears under ground for a short distance.
Hope you are enjoying our cool trip to Alaska. Thanks for commenting.

DougS Loc: Central Arkansas

alby wrote:

good pics of the cold state.. how far apart are the supports? just wondering. i worked where we built some of the pumps to push the oil down the pipes and compressors to force more out out of the wells.... at least that is what they told us.

I did a little research, and the distance apart is 3.7 meters for the legs on the supports, and distance between each set of legs is 60 feet apart, depending.
Here are a few web sites I googled:
http://www.alyeska-pipe.com/TAPS/PipelineFacts
https://www.alaskacenters.gov/explore/attractions/trans-pipeline
pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/cpc/CPC5-389.pdf

DougS Loc: Central Arkansas

jaymatt wrote:

Ah, these make me feel cold just looking at them. Nice work on all of these, and I have enjoyed seeing all of your series. You and Mike really make me want to go up there to see for myself.

'Cool' arn't they, lol. Glad you are enjoying them. It is just so beautiful up there.
Mike is the one who inspired me to make my first trip to Alaska. One evening after looking at some of Mikes photos, it dawned on me that if I were to ever go to Alaska, I just had to make up my mind to just do it. And I am very glad I did! It is an AWESOME, BEAUTIFUL interesting place!!! Thought that first trip was a 'Once in a Lifetime', now I have done it twice! And want to go again... You will not regret going there. Photos just do not do it justice. Because I drove, I don't think I could do a cruise to Alaska, because I think of what all I saw, and experienced, and would miss LOTS if on a cruise ship.

crafterwantabe Loc: Mn

Beautiful pictures....

DougS Loc: Central Arkansas

crafterwantabe wrote:

Beautiful pictures....

Glad you find them beautiful. Just wish I could capture its real beauty. It is AWESOME pretty!

sailorsmom Loc: Souderton, PA

Really beautiful, Doug!

DougS Loc: Central Arkansas

sailorsmom wrote:

Really beautiful, Doug!

I found the area to be REALLY beautiful, as well. Thanks for your really nice comment.

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

DougS wrote:

While a lot of the photos in this series are were made from inside the coach, it did stop upon occasion.
Hope this finds you enjoying these from a nice, cool location.
One in yesterdays post was the remains of the north's version of a forest fire. Very small trees, sparse and blackened.

Nice set Doug.