Prudhoe Bay, Alaska 1826 Hoodie

Prudhoe Bay is a census-designated place (CDP) located in North Slope Borough in Alaska. The official population is well under 100, however, at any given time, several thousand workers reside there to support the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field. The airport, lodging and general store are located in Deadhorse, and the rigs and processing facilities are located on scattered gravel pads laid atop the tundra. It is only during winter that the surface is hard enough to support heavy equipment, and new construction happens at that time. Prudhoe Bay was named in 1826 by British explorer Sir John Franklin after his classmate Captain Algernon Percy, Baron Prudhoe. Franklin traveled westerly along the coast from the mouth of the Mackenzie River in Canada.