to Prudhoe Bay - Deadhorse
02
Mar. 13
Winter ride to the north of Alaska
No electric heating clothes !!!!!!
The lowest temperature -35.9ºC -32.62F
The lowest Wind Chill -64ºC 83.2F spid 100km/h
Without flat tires...
Without falls...
Some damaged on suspensions..
Low temperatures destroy both cameras...
End i have so much fun !!!!! :)
Bye bye Yukon and welcome to Alaska :) road between two Border was a disaster... if no one takes care of it...
Million deep holes covered with black ice, very easy to turn shine side down :) But studs have done their work !!!!
After a long ride first stop in Tok...camping overnight at -29.8ºC -21.64F
I had to be careful about Caribo and moose ...I have met a lot of them
The roads were covered with ice and snow as I expected...
Glacier
My friend Bob and Sharon Peek gave me a place to stay and place where i can work on my bike in Wasilla
Oil change for low temperature
0W-40 this oil is still liquid at -50 ºC -58F and engine start much easier
something for show :)
Screwing some extra studs for better traction...
and Jack is ready to go
is very nice to know someone who can help and support you...
the last check... Please note I do not use any heated clothing.
And here we go !!!!!
Prudhoe here we come !!!!!!
Wasilla - Fairbanks
I always try to find power to plug in my bike when camping
Beginning of Dalton Highway. Alaska State Troopers followed me for awhile to see if I was able to handle icy roads
very nice road for begin
The road are continually changing in surface texture. Had to be aware and focused at all times.
No mistakes allowed.
Arctic Circle... 310 mils to Prudhoe
Unwinding after a days travel with very interesting book from my friend (Miran Juvančič)
-27ºC -16.6F
Cold foot in the morning, found front leaking shock
One of the important features on GS adventure is big tank... 240 miles not a big deal...
Coldfoot to Deadhorse
From this point on the road is sprayed to make it smother for trucks
We're have left the boreal forest and moving up across the tundra
The nature is amazing so quite and beautiful cant explain with any words
The temperature is getting colder and road is a little rougher
Slowly making progress further north.
In February the days are still very short in the arctic
Everything that is electric is starting to shutdown, indicator on dashboard, GPS, temperature sensor.
Extremely cold, imagine what the windchill was. Thank goodness I had a better helmet this trip
Finally Deadhorse -31*
Low temperature makes everything very fragile, and we can lose some piece of equipment very easy
this is just the beginning
The life of working in Prudhoe, everything is plugged in and left running al night long.
a lot of wind covers trucks
Trucks are running 24/7
Drilling Rig Base
Heating up machines to get them to run.
During a short walk, everything freezes
I prepared my bike for this expedition, I'm going to write a separate report on what I did to make this ride
a sucess
My bike has more then 10,000Km on extreme conditions and I expected this to happen. The shock has
more then 90,000 since the beginning of my trip.
In the beginning I was traveling with one other person and we carried a lot more luggage. On very rough
roads. The Ohlins did a great job for me , no complaints
This much oil dropped on the ground in Prudhoe could get a fine and a ticket, I found this out later.
I'm at the halfway point on this trip and only have part of my suspension working. Have to be very
careful going back
Because your are not able to camp in Deadhorse I had to use the hotel, but the price was not out of line
Because they gave you the meals at no additional cost. You can eat like a pig. HaHa
Bike started without any problem, thanks to good planning
General store in Deadhorse Alaska inside the have a wall of heros (pictures of people who have
driven motorcycles up here) But not that many in winter.
This is as far as a person is able to go on the North Slope of Alaska. The rest of the area is private property
and leased by the oil companies.
Cross wind 35-40 Mph the way back.
The weather looks a lot better a little further down the road.
Me and my best friend
Pump Station three, moving the oil down to Valdez Alaska.
Complete solitude
Oil worker stopped to take picture I had him take one of me. Everyone said I'm crazy.
taking photo and video is almost impossible...low temperatures discharge the batterys very quickly
Atagin Pass
Coldfoot again along with northern lights
Even though my most important camera broke down I was able to get some great shots
For the last time Arctic Circle in North America
Weather change road covered with snow making the ride a little more challanging
Great people I met in Fairbanks Alaska Thanks Guys!!
Day seven back in Wasilla
But the ice journey is not finished yet...
My next few posting will be about preparations for bike and gear and clothing...
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