“ JOURNEY TO PRUDHOE “ 1975 U.S. COAST GUARD DOCUMENTARY ARCO ALASKA OIL RESERVE 88104

Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. This film takes a look at the marine journey to Prudhoe Bay from Seattle and Tacoma Washington in order to develop an Alaskan oil reserve which was to be under contract of Atlantic Richfield Company or ARCO. The Alaskan northern slope remains icy for most of the year and receives little rainfall (:13). Summers are brief and caribou are seen returning to their traditional calving grounds (:25). In 1968, ARCO’s operating area in Prudhoe Bay is pictured (:49) and this was part of a large-scale mission to reach some 10 million barrels of oil which were located in natural reserves under the tundra (:58). The pipeline was to be completed in 1977 and required thousands of tons of equipment to be shipped to the area (1:09). In May of 1975, a convoy moved from Houston, Texas through the Panama Canal and around Mexico (1:29) to a port on Puge