2017 Elements of Enterprise: Operating in the New Arctic.

• Position: 2017 Top 49ers - Company rankings

A year after we asked the 2016 Top 49ers about business opportunities in the Arctic, we decided to revisit the question to find out how a pro-resource development, exploration-oriented administration in Washington DC and continued opportunities for expansion have changed this year's Top 49ers perceptions of the elements they need to find success in the Arctic. What a difference a year makes!

Afognak Native Corporation's subsidiaries are eager to expand our commercial leasing business in Alaska by providing portable facilities to a range of clients and by either selling, developing, or leasing our C Street property in the heart of midtown Anchorage. Further, with increased potential for the military footprint to grow in Alaska, we look forward to pursuing government contracts in security, engineering, and logistics. Our subsidiaries also have extensive youth development and service work in the Lower 48 that we hope to expand in the Arctic. Finally, we plan to increase our efforts to live out the promise of ANCSA by fostering community sustainability and cultural strength.

--Afognak Native Corporation Alutiiq LLC, Kodiak

Ahtna is performing civil infrastructure work for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System in the Arctic and other work such as Integrity Investigations and Minerals and Mining. If the proposed large Alaska LNG Project proceeds, thirty-eight miles will cross Ahtna-owned lands near Cantwell. Ahtna performed mobilization/demobilization and geophysical labor services to R&M consulting for the AKLNG Project. Ahtna has conducted Environmental Site Assessments, Environmental Remediation, and conducted the disposal of hazardous materials throughout Alaska. We provide commitment to community relations, logistics planning, regulatory compliance, and records management and document control.

--Ahtna, Inc., Glenallen

[Opportunities for success in the Arctic are] many and varied, from exploration, infrastructure and maintenance support for oil and gas to supporting jobs for the military, roads and bridges, and vertical construction.

--Airport Equipment Rentals, Fairbanks

Alaska's remote communities represent immense underutilized potential and the key to unlocking that potential is energy--abundant, reliable, affordable energy. A transmission grid connecting Alaskans and their businesses will fuel unprecedented economic development and wealth at the local level that will propel Alaska into a world-class economy. AVEC's rural electric experience will be instrumental in Alaska achieving its energy potential.

--Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, Inc., Anchorage

The Arctic holds great economic opportunity...