Today was the trip to above the Arctic Circle!! A trip I have been wanting to make since I was in Alaska when in the Air Force. Had an opportunity then to go above the Arctic Circle, but could not make the trip then. We traveled the Dalton Highway, also known as "The Haul Road". This is the road featured in "Ice Road Truckers". Much of the road I recognized from the show without the ice and sneaux :-). This was around a 400 mile round trip from North Pole, AK. The road was rough, but found it to be not as bad as others had said. No windshield dings, no flat tires, no major issues. There were a lot of frost heaves, gravel, and clay/dirt stretches. The bridge over the Yukon River was very interesting.
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