Flying pickup trucks in Alaska

Aug. 13, 2015

ASRC Energy Services deploys employees across Alaska in a variety of light trucks - mainly pickups - to monitor everything from oilfield exploration and construction to ensure regulatory standards are properly followed. However, as many of those oilfields are located in remote regions of a state known as "The Last Frontier," ASRC often must fly them in via propeller-driven aircraft. Video provided by General Motors.

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