Day 8 - Aug 11: Up the Dempster Hwy

Today the convoy heads north (no, not to Alaska! Alaska is west at this point).  They are traveling on the Dempster Highway. This road was constructed from 1959 to 1978 to connect to towns in the Northwest Territories. It ends at Inuvik. The Dempster is a year-round highway, with northerly portions being ice roads.

The convoy will not get up into the Northwest Territories, but will make it to the Arctic Circle tomorrow. Today's destination is Eagle Plains, Yukon Territory (population 8).

AC'12 Day 8 travel route

Some of the support vehicles have chosen not to travel on the Dempster Highway to the Arctic Circle. They headed to Dawson City a couple of days early.