February 2016 archive

Trip Video

Here’s a 4.5min video we put together from the trip. Considering that I’ve not done any video editing in close to 20 years, I think it’s pretty good. Jeff picked the “trip song” and it works well the video and pics. I tried uploading it to YouTube but the quality was degraded and so the next …

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It’s warm in Whitehorse!

After being in the extreme cold for the last few days, anything hovering around 0C is actually quite pleasant. It has warmed up in Whitehorse – unseasonably warm, sunny and hovering around 2C yesterday. Jeff and I had time to kill, so we visited the McBride Museum of the Yukon. The museum is relatively small but …

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The Ice Road to Tuktoyaktuk

The Arctic Chalet is not even a minute away from the start of the Ice Road to Tuktoyaktuk and Aklavik, both very remote communities that are accessible by the ice road after the river freezes or by plane in the warmer months. Tuktoyaktuk is our destination today to meet our local host and guide – …

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The Dempster Highway

On Saturday morning we left Dawson City for Eagle Plains just past 7am. It was dark as sunrise was at 9:42am. Once there was light, Jeff and I started reminiscing about our trip along this highway a couple summers ago. As we were driving along, Jeff shouted “Look ahead”! There were 2 caribou ahead and …

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