Arctic Ocean Expedition: March-April, 2007

[expeditionswest]

We leave in a few weeks for Tuktoyaktuk and the Arctic Ocean. 8,000 miles and 24 days, including hundreds of miles on frozen rivers, lakes and eventually the frozen Ocean.

There will be several side trips along the way in MT, WY, WA, etc. It would be great to meet up with some of you along the route.

More updates soon.

Arctic Ocean Expedition:

 

[VTFJ40]

That's a tight schedule.

Good luck.

 

[e9999]

shouldn't you have much bigger balloon tires (as in floats) if you're gonna do ocean ice...?


have fun! wish I could do it!

 

[4WD Toyota Owner Magazine]

Do you have any open spaces??!

Have fun Scott, may the sun shine on ya! We'll see you in WA in April!

Dave

 

[Urbancarrot]

We will pass you on the highway....

We are heading for Tuk From Edmonton on March 27 to ski in Inuvik's Top of the world loppet April 1st.....

Be sure to go to the Downtown Hotel in Dawson City and enjoy the sourtoe cocktail....

PM me if you are looking for a great pizza place in Edmonton.... It would be great to meet you....




Todd and Kathy

 

[expeditionswest]

shouldn't you have much bigger balloon tires (as in floats) if you're gonna do ocean ice...?

Yeah, I got a little crazy and installed 11.50's for this trip ;p

 

[expeditionswest]

We will pass you on the highway....

We are heading for Tuk From Edmonton on March 27 to ski in Inuvik's Top of the world loppet April 1st.....

Todd,

Lets plan on meeting up, either on the road or in Edmonton. We are putting together a dinner in the Calgary area too.

Have a great trip!

 

[45Kevin]

Hey man, lots of good eatin' in Cowtown. Good Alberta beef, you know, angry cows. The River Shiver will be over by then but we are always looking for a reason to get out of the house.

Gas in Calgary is about 81 cents a litre and goes up in price geometrically with your latitude.

 

[lx450landcruiser]

if you wanna stop in bellingham Wa right before the boarder crossing or need anything lt m know it be nice to meet up even if your just getting gas.

mike

 

[expeditionswest]

Hey man, lots of good eatin' in Cowtown.

You had me at "Cow"

Nothing like some good beef to make things right with the world.
I will post the meet-up details in a week or so.

 

[RokCrawlinToy]

Hey Scott,
Good luck on the trip. It was good talking to you at SEMA about this trip. Give me call, maybe some of your route will cross with our Trail Team routes.
later
Ron

 

[phxtlc]

Sweet, I've been secretly (from the wife) planning / dreaming of this same trip for about 2 years now. Mostly route and distance at this point though on the way back I'd try to hug the coast as much as possible. My hurdle has been $$$ and a new baby. Maybe in a year or two.

It'll be interesting as I came up with about a 28 day schedule. You are covering some big days late in the trip after not only driving for 2 week straight but ice climbing, dog sledding, etc. You're also betting on the clearest weather in history I see

 

[expeditionswest]

We can add up to another full week to the schedule if required.

But, might as well make the driving as intense as the climate

March is typically good for weather too.

 

[2ndGenToyotaFan]

I'm about an hour north of Lake Shasta on I-5, Might be a good place to stop for dinner...... eh? I don't konw what I'll be doing in early april (should be around), but pm me if you think we could meet up.

 

[expeditionswest]

Lots of progress on the truck and gear in the last few weeks.

The 34's fit now (thanks to a big hammer), we have the RAM laptop mount and are working on interior lighting, battery heaters, pan heaters and some prototype fluids from Mobil 1.

Personal equipment keeps piling up with new MHW jackets, NF boots and Columbia shells and insulated pants. And about ten different hats to keep my bald mugg warm.

We will have the truck and trailer at the International Sportsmans Expo in Phoenix this March 9-11. If anyone wants to stop by and say hi

Oh, and one of the more important mods

More images and blog updates on the site.

 

[arawak]

Hey! I am thinking of driving to
Chile from California. Anyone has info or advise?
Thanks,

 

[expeditionswest]

Hey! I am thinking of driving to
Chile from California. Anyone has info or advise?
Thanks,

I am making that trip at the end of next year (to Tierra del Fuego). My advice would be to leave now

Depending on your intentions for traveling remote, a stock TLC will do the entire trip (maybe some adjustments to the suspension to accommodate the load). If you are traveling solo, keep the vehicle low profile and save you money for all the awesome food you are going to eat along the way

 

[expeditionswest]

More gear now:

The cold weather clothing, gauges, sleeping bags and loading solutions have nearly filled my garage. The Columbia stuff we purchased has been very high quality and warm with the liners.

We also have four sets of chains now for testing. One is an easy to install design Konig T2 No Problem, which takes about two minutes per tire. The other is a Polar model with heavy t-bars and more complicated installation. Thule is the US importer of these chains.

 

[gladly]

Gas in Calgary is about 81 cents a litre and goes up in price geometrically with your latitude.

it's been .99/litre up here for the last couple of months

 

[expeditionswest]

it's been .99/litre up here for the last couple of months

Thanks Glady, that is good to know. Whitehorse is a major fill point (and stop-over) for us moving north.