{"id":607,"date":"2018-08-04T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2018-08-04T14:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/?p=607"},"modified":"2018-08-01T20:22:11","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T02:22:11","slug":"up-up-up-and-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/04\/up-up-up-and-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Up, Up, Up…and Over"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the Dalton, the Brooks Range of Alaska is the definitive transition to the Arctic, not the Arctic Circle like the Dempster. The craggy, cloud covered peaks, shrouded in mist and pouring rain met us as we headed up the Antigun Pass. Up and up we went in first gear dodging the haul trucks and skirting the avalanche zone. Only the laundress will know how tense we were\ud83d\ude02 Up and over we went to a record quick setup for the night due to the rain and very, very, did I say very thick mosquitoes.<\/p>\n

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Up we went into the clouds with the big rigs!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We woke the next day to sun in the Arctic with amazing views of the Brooks Range north slope and the tundra. We saw a single caribou being stalked by a huge wolf and we happened upon a musk ox chowing down! And we could actually see the pass on our way south!<\/p>\n

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We awoke in the morning to our first glimpse of the Brooks Range…north slope!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hey look! It’s a musk ox chowing down. He was not impressed that we interrupted his breakfast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What a place\u2026<\/p>\n

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Amazing, and so worth the miles and miles of hills to get there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the Dalton, the Brooks Range of Alaska is the definitive transition to the Arctic, not the Arctic Circle like the Dempster. The craggy, cloud covered peaks, shrouded in mist and pouring rain met us as we headed up the Antigun Pass. Up and up we went in first gear dodging the haul trucks and … <\/p>\n

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