Totem 2008 Day 1 start

22
Jul
2008

Totem 2008 starts off clear and cold at the bear claw inn, Gentle readers, wish the 4 TeamD cars good luck and smooth roads.

A brief intermission

22
Jul
2008

Today we head up the ice road to Tuktoyaktuk (Tuk), .

TeamD at the Arctic Circle

22
Jul
2008

TeamD I’m not sure if any words can express what this picture does. as is this photo but there are many more miles to go and more adventures along the way.

Dan is a little emotional

22
Jul
2008

As the last few miles of the Dempster highway passed beneath our wheels, the lengthy twilight of the north saw the sky fading to orange with the Taiga spruce outlining the horizon. The car is at 261,350 miles on the original engine — wish us luck.

Northern Lights

21
Jul
2008

Tonight in Inuvik the aurora borealis mimics the Milky Way, if the galaxy was fractured and falling in shards toward the Earth. The beams do not stream out from the regions of the pole, they ooze