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2000s: Prudhoe Bay, Alaska: population 2,000. Approximate number of families: zero. And America’s largest oilfield…
2000s: Prudhoe Bay, Alaska: population 2,000. Approximate number of families: zero. And America’s largest oilfield…
In three months, the Prudhoe Bay oil operation has logged half a dozen drug overdoses, and one death: a man found floating face down in the company pool wearing full flight gear.
Now the Alaskan Royal Petroleum Company is in need of a discreet investigator on the inside. Someone who can navigate a flat-bed truck against Arctic wind at forty degrees below freezing and find out who is running a narcotic ring from within the company.
Sounds like a job for Kate Shugak…
The Park, Alaska
The area known as The Park is north of Katalla and around the east of Anchorage.
Real towns of Chitina and the mountain range are roughly where the action takes place. Anchorage features too of course.
The national parks and the barren wastelands are extremely well evoked. Alaska in all its cold, white, remote glory comes to life here.
Destination: Alaska, (The Park) Author/guide: Dana Stabenow Departure Time: 2000s
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