Month: April 2024

Driving the road to Tuktoyaktuk in April

On Monday, April 8th, Tyson and I drove from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk and back, with a lot of exploring and some visiting in Tuk. Here’s another orientation map – during a 3-day period, we would visit all five of the communities shown on the government road conditions map. The...
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Exploring Inuvik, Northwest Territories

I arrived at the Inuvik Mike Zubko Airport on Sunday, April 7th. After not coming over the horizon at all for 30 days, the sun returned in early January, and Inuvik is well on its way to a 56-day period of 24-hour daylight. On the 7th, the sun set...
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Journey to the Arctic: the flight

I arrived home yesterday evening from an Awesome Arctic Adventure, and am now sorting several hundred photos for probably five blog posts. In brief summary, I flew from Whitehorse to Inuvik to meet a friend on Sunday, we drove to Tuktoyaktuk and back on Monday, drove the ice road...
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Searching for Spring

That was a very easy Winter we just had, and I’m craving Spring now. But Mother Nature has gotten lazy, and the advance towards Spring has stalled out. For the past 2-3 weeks, and the 2 weeks ahead, highs are just above freezing and the lows just below freezing....
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