This winter adventure trip took us from our new home, the wilderness community of Port McNeill on Vancouver Island, British Columbia all the way north to Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic Ocean in Alaska. On this trip which turned out to be real adventure travel, we drove close to 15,000 kms over a period of over four weeks.
At times our adrenalin levels peaked at 120% as we drove along ice roads, got caught between snow drifts for hours on a remote arctic highway, and regulary slept in a pickup truck with only a standard canopy in -45 degree temperatures.
These challenges were rewarded by the beautiful winter scenery accompanied by the Northern Lights, and the extremely diverse and well adapted wildlife that dwell in this harsh environment. We were rewarded with sightings of caribou, dall sheep, moose, buffalo, lynx, eagles, arctic foxes and more.
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Christmas Scenery |
Christmas Images |
Christmas Photos |
Christmas Winter Scenes |
Christmas Photographs |
Christmas Trees There are all sorts of christmas trees from real trees large to small and artificial christmas trees of all shapes and sizes. |
Christmas Tree Pictures Image of a Christmas Scene with gifts and a Christmas Tree |
Xmas Pictures |
Christmas Scenes |
Christmas Snow Scenes |
Christmas Gifts There is nothing quite like gathering around the christmas tree passing out christmas gifts. |
Christmas Picture This cute christmas picture shows all the things which are traditionally related to the holiday season. |
Christmas Aurora Borealis Christmas setting in the snow covered wilderness of northern Alaska with dancing northern lights above. |
Christmas Card |
Chandalar Shelf Caribou |
Chena Hot Springs |
Chena Ice Hotel Photo of the Ice Hotel in Chena Hot Springs resort in Alaska near Fairbanks |
Caribou Stampede |
Caribous Anwr |
Arctic Caribou |
Canadian Arctic Signs This Inukshuk seems to be striving to reach the Northern Lights in the Canadian Arctic. |
Caribou Herds |
Wild Caribou Herd |
Canadian Arctic The Inukshuk Landmark and the Northern Lights are symbols of the Canadian Arctic. |
Canadian Arctic Inukshuk An canadian arctic symbol, the Inukshuk |
Canadian Arctic Sign |
Brooks Range Mountain tops in the Brooks Range, a adventure travel destination in Northern Alaska. |
Buffalo This buffalo has stopped for a snack along the Alaska Highway. The main diet for buffalo is grass but in the snowy Yukon they have to rely on twigs or shrubbery. |
Buffalo Herd |
Beautiful Dog |
Eagle Bird |
Bison Picture |
Resting Bald Eagles |
Bald Eagles In Snow |
Perching Eagles |
American Eagles |
Bird Of Prey Picture |
Birds |
Bald Eagle Head |
Bald Eagles Fighting |
Bald Eagle Flying |
Bald Eagles Flying |
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... of the more domesticated animals we came into contact with, were sled dogs and ever so cute husky puppies.
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