Thank you for your interest in learning more about working EXTREME Arctic!!!
We are NOW HIRING for summer season positions at Yukon River Camp, Coldfoot Camp, and Deadhorse Camp. Ideally, a successful summer season applicant will be available to begin work by early-May 2010 and work through late-September 2010 [minimum four-month season].
The positions for which we are ACTIVELY RECRUITING as of today [10 May 2010] are as follows:
Yukon River Camp
Cleaner
Coldfoot Camp
Lunch & Dinner Cook
Server
For those considering work in Alaska's Arctic in a future season, the calendar year is divided into three work seasons --- two winter seasons and one summer season. Active recruitment for the 2010 summer season is happening now. Active recruitment for 2010 winter season two will begin in early-December.
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Winter season one begins 15 September and ends 15 January
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Winter season two begins 15 January and ends 15 May
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Summer season begins 01 May and ends 30 September
A BIT ABOUT US
The Dalton Highway, Alaska's arctic wilderness highway, stretches north from Fairbanks --- traversing the Yukon River, the Arctic Circle, the Brooks Mountain Range, and the Arctic Coastal Plain --- before terminating 500-miles later at the shores of the Arctic Ocean. Punctuating this arctic wilderness are Yukon River Camp, Coldfoot Camp and Deadhorse Camp --- each meeting the important food/lodging needs of arctic travelers with a spirit of authentic hospitality.
Why "work arctic"? --- WILDERNESS 24/7 --- a paid working vacation, not a mere visit to Alaska's arctic wilderness but an unparalleled opportunity to live it; GREAT COWORKERS --- great wilderness attracts great coworkers, perfect teammates for a season of life, work, and play; HOUSING/MEALS --- no rent, no food bills, no commute; EARN IT, SAVE IT --- a wilderness environment where the options for spending money are as scarce as the options for wilderness exploration are robust.
Yet, "working arctic" is not for everyone. Many [perhaps most] Alaska work first-timers may find our camps to be too remote. For these persons, a Denali Park-type experience might be a better fit --- a couple thousand fellow co-workers create a spring-break like social atmosphere, restaurants and bars are in close proximity, Walmart and movie theatres are just two hours away. Other Alaska-work first-timers might have an expectation that their work days will be spent in a glamorous structure built by a Marriott or a Hilton --- this is not our camps. Our camps are what they are, simple and unglamorous structures staffed by great coworkers serving guests who are thrilled to find the very thing that led them to a decision to explore off the beaten path in the first place --- authentic hospitality, and a real/uncontrived atmosphere.
Yukon River Camp, Coldfoot Camp, and Deadhorse Camp are each owned/operated by Sukakpak, a small Alaska-based company. We recognize it is the quality of our coworkers that provides the critical ingredient to the creation of a great hospitality experience for our guests. A great workplace starts with shared values, thus it is our goal to attract coworkers who believe: that PROFESSIONALISM and INTEGRITY are not innate characteristics but, instead, daily decisions; that because we are what we repeatedly do, EXCELLENCE, then, is not an act but a habit; and, finally, that a great workplace cannot be achieved if it is not built on a foundation of positive, trust-based coworker relationships --- an impossible task without the shared values of RESPECT and JOY.
Many great coworkers have found their way to our camps --- many coworkers return to camp for consecutive seasons, while others simply never leave, having found themselves at home in Alaska's Arctic. If you have read this far, and still believe that "working arctic" might be for you, we encourage you to learn more by reading the information provided in this web format. We look forward to the possibility you will choose to take the next step in the "working arctic" employment process by submitting an application.
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