Seasonal job alaska

[jaxtonsgram]

Hi, I have been doing a lot of research on seasonal jobs in alaska, specifically  in remote areas. Has anyone worked a great job in a remote area of Alaska? Would anyone be willing to share how their experience went? Instead of driving I'm thinking of flying up there and working somewhere that has food and lodging as part of the perks of the job. Thanks for any information you are willing to share. Nora

 

[mnpaul]

In the book Walden on Wheels the author Ken Ilguanas described several jobs he had in Alaska.  At least 2 were seasonal and included room/board.  He did this and started living in a van to get himself out of $32,000 in student loans.  I got it from my local library but it is also free if you have Amazon Prime.  It's one of their up to 10 free books at a time things.
https://www.amazon.com/Walden-Wheels-Open-Road-Freedom/dp/054402883X

 

[velojym]

Awesome. I found the ebook on Amazon and will dive into it at lunchtime. Thanks, Paul!

 

[Van-Tramp]

When I was up there in 2015 I heard of a lot of people who work the summer on fishing boats or in the processing plants for those fish. Tons of money to be made in those few months, but expect to work hard and long. You would be working alongside a lot of college kids.

 

[John61CT]

Very hard, unpleasant and usually very dangerous work, as in slip up you're dead.

Very tough people, like joining the marines, if you're a softie forget it.

Do some googling for first-hand accounts, here's a start http://www.city-data.com/forum/alaska/155557-fishing-deckhand-job.html

 

[jaxtonsgram]

No fishing boats or canneries for me. I was thinking lodges. There are so many that one can apply to work with that it is overwhelming which one to pick. Thanks for the responses. Anyone want to fly up there with me for a job? Nora

 

[akrvbob]

Many years ago I spent a summer as a tour guide in Kotzebue Alaska (which is north of the Arctic circle on the Chukchi Sea) for one of the really big tour companies. I loved it. It is an ancient Eskimo Village where many still lived a fairly traditional life. They provided a hotel room and one meal a day. Tourists would fly into the airport and I would take them around in an old beat up school bus. Some spent the night and some left at night. I got to know local Eskimos and ate traditional food and went fishing with them.

It was literally a life-changing summer and helped form me into who I am today.