Images by Randy J. Cole / Random Stone Productions 3/2003
Some of you might wonder what I am referring to when I mention the camp that I live in on the North Slope. This is the BOC (Base Operations Camp) on the west side of the Prudhoe Bay oil field complex. It is more like living in a cruise ship than a camp. The rooms are comfortable warm and nice. This camp has around four hundred or so beds and most of them are private rooms but you share a bathroom with the room next to you as well as the shower. There are three main camps on this field but more are being built. The BOC actually has a swimming pool that doubles as a source of water for fire protection. The workout areas are pretty nice as well. This camp has an upper level work out area that includes volley ball court and top of the line tread mill, rowing, free weights and so on. It also has an indoor running track. The food is remarkable as well. Sunday is prime rib night, and Tuesday is steak night. It gets pretty easy to become used to working in this kind of environment. Of course if you have a job that takes you outside you quickly find that the companies have to provide nice services to compensate for the 70 below weather that we will be having soon.
Randy
4 comments:
And this is why I'm not a sloper. I can't stand the cold even if they try to compensate. I'm sure the money is really good. I have a friend who wants to work on the oil field for awhile. I think he's nuts but he wants a lot of money.
Wow! What a set-up, Randy! 70 BELOW, my good heavens. You guys and gals deserve cruise ship accommodations, me thinks.
70 flippin' below?!! Hello? McFly!? They better pay you a trazillion dollars!
I'm ashamed to say that I was complaining yesterday because it was down to 50 degrees and windy... and that wasn't below...LOL The lodging sounds great, but I'll pass on the temp... judy
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