Gravel road to Tuktoyaktuk

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Gravel road to Tuktoyaktuk
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Gravel road to Tuktoyaktuk

Gravel road to Tuktoyaktuk

Gravel road to Tuktoyaktuk

Gravel road to Tuktoyaktuk

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The White Pass and Yukon Railway connects Skagway, Alaska, with Carcross, Yukon.

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Out of the saddle, into the plane: the glacier flight over the gigantic ice fields of the Kluane National Park is a great addition to the trip.

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The Kluane ice rinks glow in all sorts of shades of blue.

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Natural roads are not uncommon in the Yukon, and wooden bridges are now.

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The route through Canada and Alaska offers endless expanses and exciting sights. Here the Alaska Highway, which winds between the mountain range of the Front Range and Lake Kluane.

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Bush pilot Thor raves about the beauty of his territory.

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Eagles prefer to frolic on the Chilkoot River in Alaska.

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Mama Bear knows that too, as she serves herself and her offspring in abundance.

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Grizzly bears also like to eat something green.

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A salmon can hardly taste better than freshly pulled from the Chilkoot River.

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Wait for the ferry to Skagway at Harbor Bar in Haines, Alaska.

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The North American Traveler Route.

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Biker Steve serves the fattest burgers at Braeburn Lodge.

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Deer crossing is an issue in the Yukon especially for bikers.

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Carcross is short for Caribou Crossing. Only a few hundred people live there.

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Seaplanes are one of the main modes of transport in the Yukon.

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The steamship Klondike in Whitehorse is the start and finish of our tour.

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The petrol station network in the Yukon is less dense than in Europe.

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In the name of the moose: on the edge of the Klondike Highway is the rustic Moose Creek Lodge. The coffee stop here is a must.

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Klondike Kate‘s in Dawson City is named after a queen of the horizontal trade and now offers fine dining.

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The owner of the Downtown Hotel in Dawson City loves BMW motorcycles.

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A wonderful view of the vastness of the taiga.

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The glaciers in Kluane National Park are up to 300 meters thick.

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Road trains are the main providers of the people in the Yukon.

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Long-distance travelers take note: Tuktoyaktuk, the second northernmost community on the Canadian mainland, can now be reached via a gravel road.

Uli Baumann

02/09/2018

Tuktoyaktuk in Canada’s Northwest Territories has fascinated many long-distance travelers. Only the way there in the far north of Canada has been difficult so far and led over an ice road that was open from December to April. Outside of this time, Tuktoyaktuk could only be reached by plane. This ice road on the Mackenzie River was so infamous it even got its own TV series (Ice Road Truckers).

In future, the journey to Tuktoyaktuk on Canada’s Arctic coast will be a little less dangerous and arduous, because Tuk, as the town is called by its residents, has been connected via a gravel road since the end of 2017. The new Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway is part of the legendary Dempster Highway.

The planning for the highway had been in progress since 1960. Construction began in 2013. The 127-kilometer highway cost 300 million dollars. The maximum speed on the gravel site is limited to 70 km / h. Around 900 people live in Tuktoyaktuk, most of whom live from whaling. The new highway promises a small tourist boom.

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