TundraTech Alaska

VERN JOHNSON ARRIVES IN ALASKA

At 17 Vern Johnson came to Alaska with nothing but a 5th-grade education and a dream. He worked as a trapper and traveled in and out of Fairbanks by dog team on trading expeditions to Alaskan Native villages. One of his stock trading items was rabbit snares…. and that earned him his Alaska moniker, “Rabbit Snare” Johnson.

Alaska Canvas Supply and Commercial Sewing

Vern Johnson turned his knowledge of the arctic environment and its unique needs into a sewing business that started off fixing zippers and adding ruffs to parkas for the military. He later began manufacturing and selling canvas wall tents and tarps that specialized in sheltering against the extreme cold of Northern Alaska.

Alaska Tent & Tarp

After "Rabbit Snare" Johhnson retired and sold the company is was renamed Alaska Tent & Tarp.

During the early years of the Alaska Pipeline project, the contractors realized their materials and equipment would not stand up to the harsh arctic elements. They turned to Alaska Tent & Tarp to design specialized products to keep their operations running.

In the decades following, Alaska Tent & Tarp built a strong reputation as the expert fabric products manufacturer on the North Slope.

TundraTech Alaska

To give better focus and support to the Alaskan energy industry, Alaska Tent and Tarp seperated their industrial support products and relaunched as TundraTech Alaska.

TundraTech Alaska is headed by long-time Alaska Tent & Tarp associate Kelly Dart, whose extensive background working in a diverse range of field projects has established her as the go-to expert in the industry.

TundraTech Alaska carries forward the experience and expertise that built the reputation as the best fabric product manufacturer in the Arctic.