Alaska Communications Adds Patrick Bergt to Leadership Team
Anchorage-based telecom Alaska Communications hired Patrick Bergt as Deputy General Counsel. In this role, he leads legal functions, including contract administration, regulatory compliance, regulatory advocacy, and risk management.
Bergt is an experienced attorney in civil, criminal, municipal, and regulatory matters unique to Alaska.
He’s a lifelong Alaskan and lives in Anchorage with his family. He speaks Spanish and enjoys being outdoors.
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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.