Tag: Ocean

Dempster Highway Blog – My Journey to the Arctic Ocean

I traveled on the Dempster Highway from August 10 to August 15, 2019.  This is my Dempster Highway blog.  Click this other post for things to see and tips on Driving the Dempster Highway to Tuktoyaktuk.  Saturday I arrived into Dawson City in the afternoon, after a rough start in Chicken, AK (too many PBRs) …

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Driving the Dempster Highway to Tuktoyaktuk (Arctic Ocean or Bust)

Driving the Dempster Highway is one of the great North American adventures as you drive all the way to the Arctic Ocean, in the hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk (lovingly referred to as “Tuk”, pronounced “tuck”).  I was driving the Dempster Highway from August 10-15, 2019.  I had originally planned to visit around July 18 to attend …

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Anchorage to Whittier, Alaska (A Day Trip Via the Whittier Tunnel)

Whittier, Alaska is a strange place.  With history as a portage for native people and fur traders, the village started as a military base in world war 2 and is only reachable by boat or car/train via a tunnel.  I wasn’t originally planning on visiting Whittier as it involved yet another dead-end drive , it …

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Exploring the Nass Valley, BC (Lava, Hot Springs, Eagles, and Fish -n- Chips)

While at the Williams Lake Stampede, I met a guy from Smithers and he gave me lots of great ideas for side trips on my roadtrip to Alaska.   One of his suggestions was to visit the Nass Valley in northeastern British Columbia for interesting First Nations (Native American) villages, lava flow, and hot springs.  I …

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