Thank you to the generous sponsors of the RDC Board of Directors community outreach trip to Deadhorse, including Alaska Airlines, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Anglo American, CH2M HILL, ExxonMobil, Flint Hills Resources, Holland America Line, Lynden, Statoil, and Usibelli Coal Mine. In addition, RDC would like to recognize BP Exploration (Alaska), Inc., and International Tower Hill Mines for hosting site tours. We would also like to thank Cruz Companies and Edison Chouest Offshore for hosting a reception in Deadhorse. Above, RDC Board members and guests visit the Prudhoe Bay discovery well, marked by a monument behind the tundra pond board members stand before. The group traveled to the North Slope via the Dalton Highway and a Holland America motor coach, spending one evening in Coldfoot, before traversing the Brooks Range and Atigun Pass.

The RDC delegation received a briefing by Karl Hanneman on the Livengood gold project 70 miles north of Fairbanks. International Tower Hill Mines is the project developer.

Ralph Samuels and Portia Babcock climb the rocks at Finger Mountain.

The RDC group gathers for a photo at the Arctic Circle, which is about 65 miles north of the Yukon River bridge.

Milepost zero of the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline is a popular stop for North Slope tours.

RDC visits the new Deadhorse Aviation Center as an 80’x20’ hangar door opens to the airstrip.

The Lynden Transport Terminal and yard was also on the itinerary.

Len Horst, Ralph Samuels and Tom Maloney view the vast Chandalar Shelf.

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