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    Sakhalin snowy work

    I've been working in Sakhalin, island Russian federation on and off for the last six years.
    The weather can get unbelievably cold and it's snow for about five months of the year. It started snowing heavy toady and I got to looking back through some old pics



    Here's A Tucker snow cat. This is used for cross country crossing in the winter. It's also a rescue rig.




    Here's an idea of the amount of snow fall.




    The coldest temperature I seen recorded here is -58.

    I'll post some more tomorrow. It's steak night tonight in the camp and I got to make sure I get in front of the locals.
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    Nice pics, more please.

    Green sent.

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    ^ Same here.

    Looking forward to more photos and info - it got the potential of a great thread similar to beerlaodrinker's mining thread.

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    That pic of the snowfall (standing on the truck) is mental. Got to be what, 10 or 11ft?

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    Quote Originally Posted by alwarner View Post
    That pic of the snowfall (standing on the truck) is mental. Got to be what, 10 or 11ft?


    And it's summer.

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    No wonder the natives turn to Vodka.

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    Keep the pictures and commentary coming, the makings of a great thread.

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    Here's one of the entrance to a Shell camp I stayed in.




    Digging out the office area.

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    What do you do there?
    Hope the pay's good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rebbu
    Here's one of the entrance to a Shell camp I stayed in.
    Hope you wore your long-johns. Looks nice n snug. Nips of voddie to keep you warm?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Koojo View Post
    What do you do there?
    Hope the pay's good.
    I'm construction manager/project manager, depending on the project. Pay is very good.

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    We feel your pain. It was down to 16 C here this morning in Northern Thailand.

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    Come across a Scottish Piping guy called Greg Elder?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bobcock View Post
    Come across a Scottish Piping guy called Greg Elder?
    No mate.

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    The series of pics above was captured after the Turkish sub-contractor toppled over their crane. The were lifting a small fire fighting module into a live process area. The twat operator couldn't reach the landing area. In his infinite kebab munching wisdom he derided to get closer to the fence by pulling in his out-riggers. Scary part was the tank he nearly hit was full of diesel.

    You can see the tank in the right hand side of this pic


    Very lucky that there wasn't a few hundred thousand liters of diesel on the deck.
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    Great thread Thanks for taking the time to share.

    I miss snow!

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    Quote Originally Posted by thailazer View Post
    We feel your pain. It was down to 16 C here this morning in Northern Thailand.
    Balmy, It hasn't got cold here as of yet. Only -1 today.

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    Quote Originally Posted by somtamslap View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by rebbu
    Here's one of the entrance to a Shell camp I stayed in.
    Hope you wore your long-johns. Looks nice n snug. Nips of voddie to keep you warm?
    When I worked for Shell we could have a drink at night time. Two bars on site and a night club on Saturdays.
    I'm working for Exxon now. NO DRINK ALLOWED!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by alwarner View Post
    That pic of the snowfall (standing on the truck) is mental. Got to be what, 10 or 11ft?
    Easy. Last year we got hit with a typhoon that lasted ten days. It hit our camp and that was it. No outside, confined to the living quarters for ten poxy days. It was like The shinning after three days. Couldn't even see at the windows. I was nearly climbing the walls.

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    Here's a map of the offending island

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    The train from Yuzhno the largest city in Sakhalin to Nogliki station.

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    When I see that map my age shows, I always think of the Korean Airlines 747 the Russians shot down over Sakhalin. Keep the photos and commentary coming.

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    A few pics of an off-shore pipeline remediation job I was on this summer.

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    One of the boys after som-tam

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    Marsh buggy.
    We used these for backfilling a pipeline. They could travel through 2.5 meters of water

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