Skinny Dipping in the Arctic Ocean

The Start: The Arctic & Heading South

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August 1st 2009
Deadhorse is basically a giant oil terminal. Lots of portacabin buildings, a range of enormous trucks, diggers etc, pipelines everywhere and men in rigger boots and hard hats. As Edwin said it was just like being back at Port Clarence. However, being as far north as you can get by road this was the true starting point of the journey, from here its 20,000 miles south. To celebrate the start of ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more