Mr. Sourdough is right about one thing, it is cold here. Another thing is that it is an island and theres not a whole lot to do. But like I said in the previous posts, welders are makin 25 to start and if their good, which all welders say they are, then they get bumped up accordingly. We are doin alot of overtime w/ x2 on sunday, so 15-1800 wk is common. Now I know NASSCO, I moonlighted w/ them in the late 70s when I was a navy welder, its a good place to work, as many co.s are, but the cost of living replaces the potential to save any $. The cost of living w/ this gig is probably 20-40% less than the lower 48. Im sorry your so critical of Dutch Harbor Mr. Sourdough, its just a job offer, Im not trying to rip anybody off. Its not a sweatshop condition, yes its hard work, but we do some pretty interesting jobs on some state of the art vessels and we have the equipment to handle anything. A guy in this trade can get some valuable experience and learn alot. I dont know why you feel its your duty to warn people about something that you obviously know little about.