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A drove, a drift, a team, a passel, a parcel, a litter, a farrow, a sounder -- whatever you call 'em -- a bunch of scraper pigs.

nobody@flickr.com (jonny5waldman) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:30:06 -0700

down at the maintenance yard of the Valdez Marine Terminal, the southern end of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System. (Reporting for my book on rust.)

sorta snowy @ the pipeline club, Valdez, AK

nobody@flickr.com (jonny5waldman) — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:52:22 -0700

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World Ice Art Championships, Fairbanks, AK

nobody@flickr.com (jonny5waldman) — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:53:07 -0700

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Friggin' ice goat

nobody@flickr.com (jonny5waldman) — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:53:06 -0700

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Spring has sprung on the Knik River

nobody@flickr.com (jonny5waldman) — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:53:03 -0700

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Listening for the pig

nobody@flickr.com (jonny5waldman) — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:23:02 -0700

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Just north of Fairbanks, with geophones and transmitters...

First trees in a few days

nobody@flickr.com (jonny5waldman) — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:46:27 -0700

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wrong bike

nobody@flickr.com (jonny5waldman) — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:39:33 -0700

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can't resist the urge to ride up hill

no flats yet

nobody@flickr.com (jonny5waldman) — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:39:32 -0700

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switzerland trail, neat sugarloaf

hard hats required

nobody@flickr.com (jonny5waldman) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:30:04 -0700

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at the scraper receiver building. also, when the tray is open: respirators. and when moving the pig: tyvek suits.

no tag no wash

nobody@flickr.com (jonny5waldman) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:30:05 -0700

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the pig mobile and the pig shower

snowier at mile 800 than at mile 0

nobody@flickr.com (jonny5waldman) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:30:04 -0700

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berth 5, and a 1000' tanker

nobody@flickr.com (jonny5waldman) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:30:05 -0700

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that second arm is as far as TAPS pumps oil in a pipe

THE END

nobody@flickr.com (jonny5waldman) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:46:53 -0700

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Jeremy and Bhaskar, the pigging gurus, at the end of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System, in the East Metering building at the Valdez Marine Terminal, moments before the pig arrived.

end of the line... where oil turns to beer.

nobody@flickr.com (jonny5waldman) — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:52:21 -0700

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spectator sport

nobody@flickr.com (jonny5waldman) — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:53:05 -0700

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curling is not for me

the trans-Alaska pipeline runs under North Pole, AK - and this signpost is of use in tracking the pig inside it

nobody@flickr.com (jonny5waldman) — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:53:01 -0700

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the pipe, made from the pipe

nobody@flickr.com (jonny5waldman) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:10:31 -0700

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half an inch thick and 800 miles long...

the pipe on the north slope

nobody@flickr.com (jonny5waldman) — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:46:31 -0700

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northern flank of the Brooks range

nobody@flickr.com (jonny5waldman) — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:46:30 -0700

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the entrance to pump station 4