Cercle Polar Artic!

Amb la Sunny ja aquí, avui acabem de tornar de passar la nit i veure més aurores boreals al Cercle Polar Artic! Increhible oi?¿ Jo encara no m'ho crec! XD


Hem fet uns 600 i picu km (anada i tornada) la majoria d'ells per la Dalton Highway! Que és una carretera mig salvatge. És un lloc super inhòspit, on només hi van camioners, caçadors, pescadors, alguns tours organitzats de turistes, i naltrus! Només hi ha una estació de servei, que també és l'únic lloc on pots parar a menjar i comprar quatre coses essencials... A part, la carretera no esta esfaltada, tot i que no és una pista forestal tampoc...

Per a l'ocasió hem hagut de llogar un trasto bastant gros, per que amb els cotxes normals de lloguer no t'hi deixen anar. Necessites un cotxe preparat, i amb un bidó de benzina molt gran, ja que has de portar gasoil de sobres!

Aquesta carretera va casi paral·lela a l'oleoducte que porta el petroli de les explotacions petrolíferes del nord. De fet, es deuria crear al construir aquest oleoducte.

Avui ha sigut la nit més freda que hem tingut de moment amb diferència. No sé a quan vam arribar ahir a la nit, però avui ens hem llevat, i tot el que normalment és condensació avui estava glaçat!

Pero tranquils, que estem preparats! Portàvem roba d'abric per a parar un tren! De fet a la primera foto (més a munt) portava 6 capes entre samarretes i jerseis, a part de les malles tèrmiques, mitjons gruixuts i pantalons d'esquí!! Les nits al cotxe son fredes, però naltrus no ho notem! :D

 

Aprofito aquestes últimes fotos, per a presentar-vos a la Sunny. La amiga amb qui compartiré el que queda de viatge! Gracies a ella, començaré a aparèixer a alguna foto! XD

Doncs res això és tot per avui. Demà ja marxarem de Fairbanks i ens encaminarem cap al sud on ens esperen més paisatges impressionants, més parcs naturals, i fins i tot glaciars cap al final del viatge!! Potser ja no tindrem tantes aurores boreals al anar més cap al sud, tot i que vista la sort que hem tingut no descarto tornar-ne a veure! Tot i que sembla que també ens encaminem al mal temps altre cop...

Vinga doncs! K vagi bé i fins la pròxima!

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With sunny already here, today we just came back to spend the night and see some northern lights in the Arctic Circle!! Isn't it crazy!? It's hard to believe even for me!

We drove for more than 600 km (roundtrip) most of them through the Dalton Haigway! It is a road that goes all the way north to the Arctic Ocean. It is an remote route only used by truck drivers, hunters, fishers, touristic tours and us! In the part where we had been driving, there is only one gas station where you can also ear something warm and buy some essential things... So you can imagine how wild it is. Also, most of the parts are not paved, though it is not hard to drive.

To be able to drive through, we needed to rent a pick up ready for the challenge, because you can not get there with your regular car. You need a big fuel tankbecause you can not trust in finding gas stations for a long long time.

This road goes more or less parallel to the pipeline that brings oil from the north. Actually the road was build at the same time than the pipeline.

Tonight, it was by far the most cold night we had here in Alaska. I don't now which temperature we rich yesterday but at morning when we woke up, what it normally is condensation, today was ice! 

But don't worry that we are ready! We had enough warm cloth! As a matter of fact, on the first picture I was wearing 6 layers on the top with leggins and ski pants and thick socks! Nights at car are cold, but we didn't notice it! :D

I take advantage of the next pictures to introduce you Sunny. The friend that is joining me for the next part of the trip! Thanks to her I'll have company and I also will appear to some pictures too! XD

So that's all for today! Tomorrow we are leaving Fairbanks, to go south where we will find amazing landscapes, more natural parks, and glaciers by the end of the trip! About the northern lights, it will be more difficult now on, because we are heading south and it's not as likely to happen. But being as lucky as I had been, I can not discard to see them again soon!  Although it seems that the weather will not be as favorable as it had been lately!

Well, have fun and see you soon!