As many of you know, I spent several months in Alaska without having my beloved WiFi connection. This made updating my blog, especially if I’d wanted to post pictures, mind-numbingly difficult. So I slacked off. This post will try to rectify my laziness.
Back in June (’11), Ice Alaska was offered some land. It has two ponds and 60 acres to work with. We bought it, which meant that we had to vacate the land we were on that the railroad seemed to want back so badly. So we began to tear down the existing buildings, electrical infrastructure, and load all the office paraphernalia. The Conex shown below is one of nine we arranged around the grounds that eventually were filled. Even that fence in the background was dismantled and taken. Quite the job.
Conex ready for office equipment.
All the buildings on the leased property needed to be dismantled and moved to the new site.
Shop building roof removal.
A couple more of the Conex's ready for loading.
Walls coming down.
Dick running the whole show with his clipboard.
As for me, I was in charge of getting the Conex’s set up in their places, getting the web cam room ready, removing a bunch of wiring associated with the computers and general crew bossing. Pretty boring work. And no pay other then a free place to stay and free meals. Came out to around $2/hour in compensation.
But, it’s mostly a labor of love. Love the people up here, the ice carving event, the cool summer weather, etc. so it was worth doing.