00:00:00.030 well they're in Paris much of the talks 00:00:01.91000:00:01.920 revolves around curbing greenhouse gas 00:00:04.67000:00:04.680 emissions and easing global dependence 00:00:06.95000:00:06.960 on oil but oil and gas ions are going to 00:00:09.86000:00:09.870 the harshest climates at the farthest 00:00:11.69000:00:11.700 reaches of the earth to find more energy 00:00:14.24000:00:14.250 safety TV stron Caleb's takes us to 00:00:16.34000:00:16.350 Deadhorse in Alaska on top of the world 00:00:18.74000:00:18.750 where crews work three weeks on in three 00:00:20.99000:00:21.000 weeks off to keep the supply of oil and 00:00:23.21000:00:23.220 gas aplenty this northeastern section of 00:00:27.14000:00:27.150 Alaska is dotted with oil rigs Chris 00:00:29.92900:00:29.939 crossed with ice-covered roads and 00:00:31.73000:00:31.740 seemingly everywhere there is pipeline 00:00:34.76000:00:34.770 far above the Arctic Circle near the 00:00:37.37000:00:37.380 town of Deadhorse you can find the start 00:00:39.70900:00:39.719 of one of the longest pipelines in the 00:00:41.45000:00:41.460 world the trans-alaska pipeline and over 00:00:45.26000:00:45.270 the years thousands of workers pretty 00:00:47.51000:00:47.520 much came with the same question on 00:00:49.79000:00:49.800 their lips I was I gonna stay warm 00:00:51.65000:00:51.660 growing up in Cleveland Ohio of course 00:00:54.20000:00:54.210 we had snow but it's nothing like this 00:00:56.38900:00:56.399 the cold was nothing like up here it 00:00:59.18000:00:59.190 doesn't help that virtually all heavy 00:01:01.13000:01:01.140 work must be done in the winter there 00:01:04.36900:01:04.379 are no paved roads here in this 00:01:06.26000:01:06.270 environment people drive on ice-covered 00:01:08.24000:01:08.250 earth and the frozen Arctic Ocean in the 00:01:11.42000:01:11.430 summer these giant rigs are just too 00:01:13.85000:01:13.860 heavy to motor around on thawing earth 00:01:16.34000:01:16.350 that's called a Baby Gone a massive 00:01:19.39900:01:19.409 vehicle used to pump water onto ice to 00:01:22.39900:01:22.409 make the ice thick enough for even the 00:01:24.10900:01:24.119 heaviest of vehicles on the ocean it 00:01:27.20000:01:27.210 might only be a half a mile ice road but 00:01:30.49900:01:30.509 it might be 25 feet thick because a 00:01:34.16000:01:34.170 drilling rig weighs in at two million 00:01:36.62000:01:36.630 pounds has got to go over that ice at 00:01:40.55000:01:40.560 its height the pipeline carried more 00:01:42.38000:01:42.390 than two million barrels of oil a day 00:01:44.74000:01:44.750 today that number is down to 500,000 00:01:48.46900:01:48.479 daily but the oil industry expects to 00:01:51.38000:01:51.390 feed the pipeline for years and years to 00:01:53.66000:01:53.670 come despite efforts by the US and other 00:01:56.51000:01:56.520 nations to dramatically curb reliance on 00:01:59.17900:01:59.189 fossil fuels I think the reason why 00:02:02.08000:02:02.090 investment continues to occur here 00:02:04.63000:02:04.640 exploration research regardless of the 00:02:07.76000:02:07.770 cost is we have such mega potential here 00:02:10.52000:02:10.530 the oil and gas Association says there 00:02:13.01000:02:13.020 is as much as 00:02:13.94000:02:13.950 50 billion barrels of oil left in 00:02:16.28000:02:16.290 Alaska's North Slope that includes 00:02:18.61900:02:18.629 offshore deposits if that's true workers 00:02:22.10000:02:22.110 like truck supervisor rusty Watson will 00:02:24.68000:02:24.690 continue to risk life and limb to 00:02:26.57000:02:26.580 extract energy from this harsh 00:02:28.36900:02:28.379 environment you can ask the thousands of 00:02:30.83000:02:30.840 roustabouts Roughnecks and oil workers 00:02:32.93000:02:32.940 why they come to this frozen patch far 00:02:35.33000:02:35.340 above the Arctic Circle to make a living 00:02:37.52000:02:37.530 but the answer is simple and one word 00:02:39.94000:02:39.950 money we don't just sit out here and 00:02:43.30900:02:43.319 suffer and be cold and just just because 00:02:50.80900:02:50.819 we like it in the winter it's dark 24 00:02:55.91000:02:55.920 hours a day 00:02:57.11000:02:57.120 brutal winds and treacherous blizzards 00:02:59.83000:02:59.840 even though an entry-level job means as 00:03:02.36000:03:02.370 much as $28 an hour 00:03:04.03900:03:04.049 these folks earn it there is no 00:03:06.62000:03:06.630 mountains around here it's total Tundra 00:03:10.05900:03:10.069 when it blows you can't see where you're 00:03:13.67000:03:13.680 going unless you know where you're at 00:03:15.75900:03:15.769 from the time you walk out the door not 00:03:18.59000:03:18.600 being able to see your hand in front of 00:03:20.33000:03:20.340 your face climate change means something 00:03:25.64000:03:25.650 different here it means more of the 00:03:27.74000:03:27.750 Arctic is slowly being open for 00:03:29.50900:03:29.519 exploration and extraction of oil and 00:03:31.97000:03:31.980 gas while much of the world tries to 00:03:34.34000:03:34.350 pump the brakes on burning fossil fuels 00:03:36.41000:03:36.420 analysts say as long as we're an oil 00:03:39.02000:03:39.030 dependent world people here can depend 00:03:41.78000:03:41.790 on jobs 00:03:42.43000:03:42.440 Sean Caleb's CCTV Deadhorse Alaska
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