Last updated: June 21, 2018
Itinerary
What follows is a general flow of events. Expect the unexpected and prepare to be flexible.
June 9
Meet your guide for a pre-trip meeting at 4 p.m. in Fairbanks at Arctic Wild headquarters.
June 10
Fly 350 miles north from Fairbanks, across the Yukon River and the Arctic Circle to the Gwich’in Athabascan village of Arctic Village. In Arctic Village we will meet our pilot for the beautiful flight over the Continental Divide past countless peaks and glaciers into the Sadlerochit Mountains . Once we have all arrived, we will make camp and enjoy the first of many hikes.
June 11 - 12
Each day will bring its own surprises. The hiking will be varied from soft tundra to long gravel bars to rocky slopes. With luck there will be caribou and other wildlife to enjoy near camp. The camping is excellent and the scenery unbeatable.
June 13
Pack up early and begin listening for our airplane. When it arrives we reluctantly load our gear and ourselves over the coastal plain to Kaktovik on Barter Island. Once we check into the hotel we can explore by foot and meet some locals.
June 14
Weather permitting, we fly from Kaktovik to Fairbanks in the early afternoon.
