Alaska

"Still, Cupertino wanted to send engineers to China and offered bonuses between $500 and $1,000 a day for people to go. But flights had been dramatically reduced. United halted nonstop flights from San Francisco to Shanghai from March to October 2020. So Apple scrambled the jets. In the spring, Cupertino began sending engineers to Shanghai on private planes departing from San Jose, with a pit stop in Alaska. “Each jet could hold thirteen people, but we only sat six,” says a person familiar with the flights. “We wanted room and, you know, we’re Apple.”"

"Kari gave birth to Kristian on February 9, 1983. In many ways, Kari and Kjell Inge each had their firstborn. Back home in Seattle, there was baby crying, while Kjell Inge was so desperate that he could have cried his bitter tears out at sea. He quickly realized that he had bought a pig in a poke. The vessel might have looked good on the drawing board, but when faced with reality at sea off Alaska, 69 feet was just too small. The boat was simply too small to fish effectively for cod. Røkke worked around the clock, but the effort did not pay off – it was impossible to make money from the boat. But he had only himself to thank. Not only was the boat a hopeless little tub, but the demanding, young shipowner had indeed loaded it with extra equipment at the end of the building period. Now he experienced that the things that were good to have were difficult to pay back."