Start of our adventure trip to the north: We'll drive along the famous Alaska- and Klondike Highways and stop an route to take pictures. See the frozen Five Finger Rapids and cross some of the great northern rivers: Yukon River, Pelly and Stewart River are on our route today. We'll arrive in Dawson City (540 kms / 340 miles) in late afternoon. There is time to visit the Dredge #4 and the Midnight Sun Dome.

After breakfast we'll leave the last signs of civilization behind and drive north on the gravel surface of the Dempster Highway. We¹ll stop often to take in this incredibly beautiful landscape and to take pictures. However, the low temperatures and a nasty wind may hamper our enthusiasm to stay out for very long. We drive past the Tombstone Mountains, a vast treeless plateau and cross two mountain passes before we reach the nearly endless Eagle Plains Plateau. The hotel at Eagle Plains is the only place along the Dempster Highway to eat, sleep and fuel up (460 kms / 285 miles). Do not expect a five star resort, but a functional truck stop where we'll spend the night with truckers and road maintenance people.

Just north of Eagle Plains we’ll arrive at the Polar Circle. From the monument we’ll enjoy a great view of the Richardson Mountains and the road in the distance. Soon after we¹ll climb to the last mountain pass and the border to the Northwest Territories. Here we’ll change our clocks one hour ahead. We now descend into the wide valley of the mighty Peel- and Mackenzie Rivers. Here we make our first contact with ice roads as we cross both rivers over the ice. In the small native village of Fort McPherson we¹ll break to visit the cemetery where the members of The Lost Patrol rest. We may also visit the successful McPherson Tent & Canvas Shop where you may see - and buy - some of their product. We the continue to Arctic Red River, another small settlement and the crossing of the much wider Mackenzie River and in less than two hours we’ll arrive in Inuvik (340 kms / 210 miles). We’ll stay at the Arctic Chalet.

This day will be one the highlights of this tour: after breakfast we’ll drive onto the ice of a side arm of the Mackenzie River and head north towards the delta and the frozen Polar Sea. You¹ll be amazed about the width of the road (up to 100 m / 300 ft wide) in some places and the thickness of the ice (up to 1.5 m / 5 ft). We’ll drive past remote cabins, frozen in tug boats and cut-offs to exploration camps. After 180 kms / 110 miles we’ll finally reach firm ground at Tuktoyaktuk, a small Inuit (Eskimo) town of 1100 people. This is the northernmost point (69°26) on this tour and we’ll spend some time exploring the town with an old mission vessel, many old cabins and a lot of kids playing in the streets. by mid-afternoon we’ll return to Inuvik (Arctic Chalet).

Today we’ll drive on another ice road through the Mackenzie Delta to the small Inuit settlement of Aklavik (120km). This ice road follows the smaller arms of the Mackenzie, which turn more. In Aklavik we have time to look at the houses and have a hot chocolate at the local store before returning to Inuvik.

It's time to return to the south: we'll spend the morning in Inuvik and then transfer to the airport for our flight back to Whitehorse at 12.45. Upon arrival we'll spend our last night at the River View hotel. Time for sightseeing, shopping and a night in town.

• Meals and beverages
• Trip cancellation & medical insurance: We strongly recommend you purchase adequate insurance coverage at the time of booking. Your policy should cover injury, illness or death, trip cancellation, emergency medical search & rescue, flight accident, travel accident, loss of baggage and personal effects.

• Average temperatures at the this time of winter are between -2° and - 24° Celsius / 28 to -31 degrees Fahrenheit, but extremes may be as low as -45° Celsius / -50 Fahrenheit. We ask you to bring adequate clothing to withstand these temperatures. You may buy winter clothing in Whitehorse or rent a clothing package from Northern Tales Travel.
• This tour has many elements of an expedition and therefore changes in the itinerary due to weather and road conditions are a possibility. Northern Tales Travel explicitly reserves the right to adapt the tour itinerary. 
• Northern Tales Travel provides all necessary emergency equipment including satellite phone and GPS.
• Canadian law requires that you sign a ‘release of claims and waiver of liability form’ prior to participating on this trip.