paulj
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History Channel is showing a series called Tougher In Alaska. The episode I saw last night featured winter travel on the Dalton Highway (the Haul Road). The host traveled with a trucker who was hauling 80' lengths of pipeline in January, and also showed a tow truck operator at work (clearing a wreck at Coldfoot). Apparently the road is smoother in winter when it is 'paved' with a layer of gravel mixed with ice, though losing traction can be more of a problem.
Also this season on Ice Road Truckers, the location is the ice road from Inuvik to Tuk (i.e. the winter extension of the Dempster).
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akgent
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Yes,
It can certainly be an adventure. I would think that more RV'ers would like to come up during winter than those that do, but apparently not. The state has been spending lots of money attempting to create a winter tourism industry, but so far, only the Asian communities have bought into it. They come over to concieve their children under the Northern Lights, as it is supposed to make them smarter adults. I would highly recommend each of you drive up here in winter and experience it at least once.
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akgent wrote:I would think that more RV'ers would like to come up during winter than those that do. Yeah that would be a real bright idea. Can you really imagine how a motorhome would hold up at -40º in a blow on the North slope? Talk about a really dumb thing to try, not only dumb but deadly.
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ryoung
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akgent wrote: I would highly recommend each of you drive up here in winter and experience it at least once.
Thanks, but no thanks. Was there in mid May last year, temps got down into the +40's at night, and that's as cold as I care to get.
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I was in Deadhorse in the first week of May, around 10F the whole time I was there. The best part of going there would be turning around and seeing it in your mirror. Not that you could see it since it would be dark all the time.
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GoneCamping
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I watched that show too, they were showing temp readings of -55ºF which is just a tad chilly for me to go camping in!! I'd have to leave the rig running, and that big ol' Caterpillar is located right underneath my bed!!
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TundraTire
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[quote=akgent]only the Asian communities have bought into it. They come over to concieve their children under the Northern Lights, as it is supposed to make them smarter adults.Quote:
Not true, this myth has been perpetrated by the US television program "Northern Exposure".
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mjstin
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TundraTire wrote:akgent wrote:only the Asian communities have bought into it. They come over to concieve their children under the Northern Lights, as it is supposed to make them smarter adults. Quote:
Not true, this myth has been perpetrated by the US television program "Northern Exposure".
maybe so but they have bought into it
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TundraTire
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This article you posted confirms that Japanese people do NOT travel north to try and conceive under the lights. They simply want to experience the North, as most of us want to. To suggest otherwise is simply insulting. Next time you see a Japanese couple in Alaska, ask them about this.
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explorenorth
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TundraTire wrote:
This article you posted confirms that Japanese people do NOT travel north to try and conceive under the lights.
You use a different form of English than I do, then - the article says:
"However, they are unaware of the Japanese myths surrounding the Northern Lights, namely that a child conceived while the Aurora are playing overhead would be born under an extremely fortunate sign. This belief has brought large numbers of Japanese tourists to Lapalnd, and also to the glass igloos of Kakslauttanen. "
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