Best of Alaska Business
2026 Best of Alaska Business
July 2026
We recognize that the Best of Alaska Business (BOAB) honors are not definitive, ironclad proclamations of which business in Alaska is metaphysically “best.” That’s a pretty tall order for any award. But in our annual search for the best, we do ask the most qualified group of people we know: our readers. Your everyday interactions with these companies are the most accurate representation of how they work to reach new heights in providing goods, services, and an amazing Alaska experience.
Appears in our July 2026 Issue
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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.