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Ice road builder: David Bayer heads north for a winter of work

By Brenna Wiegand For the third year, David Bayer of Silverton awaits a call – one that means kissing his wife and family goodbye and heading into Alaska’s uppermost reaches for months at a time. As a truck driver/operator for Peak Oilfield Service, Bayer builds the ice roads essential to oil exploration on Alaska’s North Slope. Bayer, 66, knows he’ll […]