{"id":4190,"date":"2014-09-20T06:00:17","date_gmt":"2014-09-20T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/?p=4190"},"modified":"2014-09-20T06:00:17","modified_gmt":"2014-09-20T10:00:17","slug":"brooke-range-and-arctic-tundra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/brooke-range-and-arctic-tundra\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Brooke Range and arctic tundra"},"content":{"rendered":"

We continue farer northward…
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\n1. Nolan valley, a side valley accessible by a really muddy small mining road .
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\n2. At this altitude, the marshes are still not frozen.
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\n3. I found the Brooke Range that bars northern Alaska back.
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\n4. We stop a few dozen miles after Coldfoot to go climbing one of the mountains beside the road.
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\n5. While VivaLaVida begins to climb Antigun Pass, the atmosphere becomes wintry.
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\n6. All is already frozen here…
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\n7. … and it is already well below freezing in late afternoon.
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\n8. As it’s already late, we find a nice boondocking site before Antigun Pass, approx. 4,000 feet elevation on the banks of a small river.
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\n9. Despite the cold, I’m going to make some pictures while Mino is preparing the aperitif!
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\nTemp will almost reach 10\u00b0F that night and VLV’s heater resume service after resting for a few months…
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\nThe next morning we cross the Antigun Pass and stop thirty miles down it to go hiking along a beautiful river.
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\n10. The blizzard that blew here two days previously installed winter before autumn has arrived…
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\n11. Despite a significant current, the banks of the river are well frozen. It was about -5F\u00b0 in previous days…
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\n12. I enjoy the clear light to play with ice concretions…
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\n13. … sometimes contrasting and twisted…
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\n14. … sometimes carved by running water below.
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\n15. On a bank, we find wolf tracks. It happened here less than two days ago, the snow testifies it.
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\n16. The show is sparkling as the river is freezing and carries plates of ice that break in crystal clear sound…
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\n17. … and our eyes feast.
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\n18. Continuing towards the far north, the landscape becomes truly arctic.
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\n19. Blizzard designed the reliefs.
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\n20. Not sure that the truck drivers who supply Deadhorse and Prudhoe Bay are all aware of this beauty…
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\n21. We leave VivaLaVida to walk on a side track…
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\n22. Perfect lines of the wintry tundra…
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\n23. We will not go to Deadhorse, the last part of the track is less interesting. We stop at the last foothills of the Norths Brooke Range…
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\n24. … and even find a camp on the tundra. What a fantastic place to camp, isn’t it? \ud83d\ude00
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\n25. The Sunset is beautiful again…
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\n26. … the last rays coloring the hills…
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\n27. … before a magic full moonrise.
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\n28. And to complete this grandiose day, a northern light came to wish good night to VivaLaVida while the full moon was lighting up the tundra!
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\nWe began our descent back to the South the next day. To discover in the next update… \ud83d\ude09
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\nThanks again for your loyalty!
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