One tricky thing about the North is that, when it's summer or even fall, your body finds it hard to remember that everything within sight (including yourself) will soon return to living inside a thick layer of deep cold for more than half of the year. The Dempster Highway, Canada's most northern road, ends at… Continue reading Tuktoyaktuk ice road: in liquid form
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phenom: rock glacier (plus some dempster highway dreaming)
Early June this year was the first time I had a chance to drive up part of the Dempster Highway, a packed gravel road that connects the southern Yukon with Inuvik in the Northwest Territories. The Dempster is a pathway to the NWT, but it's also a destination, an experience. It's the closest vehicle-accessible area… Continue reading phenom: rock glacier (plus some dempster highway dreaming)

