Bakken
Proper noun
Meaning
Bakken (plural Bakkens)
A surname from Norwegian.
Examples
Photographer Mark D. Roberts, who has worked with Kirlian imagery for over 40 years, published a portfolio of plant images entitled "Vita occulta plantarum" or "The Secret Life of Plants", first exhibited in 2012 at the Bakken Museum in Minneapolis.
Bakken has a degree in fire science from Northland Community and Technical College in East Grand Forks, Minn. When first he thought about becoming a firefighter he assumed he would fight structure fires in a city and be settled down with a family by now.
Oil producers in North Dakota's Bakken region would likely benefit from the ability to move oil more quickly to the U.S. Gulf Coast by way of the 1,172-mile (1,885 km) pipeline.
He won’t face the fact that Bakken was a government geologist and the technology for extracting the oil was researched and funded by the government.
"It's like the tree is all branching out," Bakken says.
Both the middle school and Bakken Elementary were evacuated, but some of the students are still waiting to be picked up.