Emily Olsen
Editorial
Emily Olsen
Editorial Assistant
Emily is the hub of all Alaska Business communication. As the editorial assistant she fields phone calls; sends surveys and collects the data that are the basis for all Alaska Business directories; and proof reads and fact checks just about everything the editorial department turns out. In her free time, Emily enjoys playing the piano and taking a stroll through the magnificent Alaska landscape. Though she’s originally from Utah, Emily considers Alaska home. She attended Snow College and Brigham Young University where she earned degrees in Child Care Management and Home and Family Living.
In This Issue
New Oil on the North Slope
August 2026
In mid-May it was 19°F and windy at the Aurora Hotel in Deadhorse. As I stood in the parking lot surveying the surroundings, I chatted with a gentleman from Texas who works for Nabors Alaska Drilling and was in town as part of a crew tasked with getting a previously inactive drill rig up and running. He said that, according to his supervisor, spring is the windy season on the North Slope. The gusts were bracing, numbing the fingers holding my camera, but most of my attention was focused on what I could capture through the lens: work trucks, shipping containers, buildings obscured by snow whipped up by the wind.