Arrived in Deadhorse Monday afternoon. As you may know it is not a town as much as an oilfield on the Tundra next to the Arctic Circle. Weather 55 degrees, calm and sunny. No jacket needed. Met at Airstrip by Edith our safety director. Grab bags and jump in pickup truck and drive the 1/2 mile to our accommodations on beautiful Lake Colleen. Walk in door and get checked in in 1 1/2 minutes. Told I have room on first floor down hall on right. Enter room and notice room already occupied and full of someone elses stuff. Look at cork bulletin board and see
Posted In My Room In Deadhorse
Well until I get a permanent room, I am using one where other guy is home now. Room clean and has everything I need. Drop my stuff there and make walk back down to entrance area and hook up with Edith again to go to office. Up one flight of stairs which at the top is our office. That will be my commute to work. A one minute walk.
Meet everyone and crew seems to be a great bunch of people. Friendly, adventurous and laid back. Got a cubicle. Oh Oh…. a desk!! Never have had one. Begin what they tell me will make me want to jump out the window and into the lake. New hire training for both KFI, BP and Oilfield work. Lots and lots of documentation on procedures. Very ridged and detailed. Standard Military or NASA like stuff with lots of procedural checkpoints to accomplish any single task. Basically I work for an Engineering firm that is responsible for ensuring proper operation of all facilities Emergency Ventilation on Oilfield. This involves maintaining proper pressure between various parts of Facility to keep things stable, exhaust toxic air, and prevent a mishap from becoming disastrous. Very serious stuff. All team members are very professional and experienced. Edith call us her AARP crew. Most everyone is over fifty. Over the afternoon individually everyone has a one on one with me. Introduces themselves, informs me we are a team, share knowledge and experience, and have no cowboys. Watch, listen and definitely offer input. Same story from everyone. We are professionals and have each others back. So far so good. Miss my Vic though. Be home in seven days.
Adventures with Vicki and Dale 
Deadhorse
Arrived in Deadhorse Monday afternoon. As you may know it is not a town as much as an oilfield on the Tundra next to the Arctic Circle. Weather 55 degrees, calm and sunny. No jacket needed. Met at Airstrip by Edith our safety director. Grab bags and jump in pickup truck and drive the 1/2 mile to our accommodations on beautiful Lake Colleen. Walk in door and get checked in in 1 1/2 minutes. Told I have room on first floor down hall on right. Enter room and notice room already occupied and full of someone elses stuff. Look at cork bulletin board and see
Posted In My Room In Deadhorse
Well until I get a permanent room, I am using one where other guy is home now. Room clean and has everything I need. Drop my stuff there and make walk back down to entrance area and hook up with Edith again to go to office. Up one flight of stairs which at the top is our office. That will be my commute to work. A one minute walk.
Meet everyone and crew seems to be a great bunch of people. Friendly, adventurous and laid back. Got a cubicle. Oh Oh…. a desk!! Never have had one. Begin what they tell me will make me want to jump out the window and into the lake. New hire training for both KFI, BP and Oilfield work. Lots and lots of documentation on procedures. Very ridged and detailed. Standard Military or NASA like stuff with lots of procedural checkpoints to accomplish any single task. Basically I work for an Engineering firm that is responsible for ensuring proper operation of all facilities Emergency Ventilation on Oilfield. This involves maintaining proper pressure between various parts of Facility to keep things stable, exhaust toxic air, and prevent a mishap from becoming disastrous. Very serious stuff. All team members are very professional and experienced. Edith call us her AARP crew. Most everyone is over fifty. Over the afternoon individually everyone has a one on one with me. Introduces themselves, informs me we are a team, share knowledge and experience, and have no cowboys. Watch, listen and definitely offer input. Same story from everyone. We are professionals and have each others back. So far so good. Miss my Vic though. Be home in seven days.