the dalton highway was closed to normal traffic anyone wanting to use it needed a special permit from the oil companies now truck drivers tell us they're encountering more and more tourists most come here in the winter to see the northern lights but they often underestimate the risks just beautiful as it is nice as it is it's not to me it's not worth it cause it's it is very dangerous you know and specially come i'm prepared just think about it you might have to walk you know 10 miles in this weather i thought people up here that got there and just have nothing no you know they have light jackets they have you know 10 issues and it's just not very smart it's tourists yeah pretty much. 'd 'd we drive further into the mountains there's been a lot of snow fall in the last few days unusual or early october we stop off in wisemen a village that bloomed during the gold rush. everywhere you can see relics from the days when the dolphin highway and the trans alaska pipeline were being built in the arctic. just 14 people still live in weissman. where the freezers look like this and it's only o

it's now early october and we're on the dalton highway. much of it is just a mix of mud and gravel it's been called one of the world's most dangerous roads. crossing the yukon river we had northwards in the arctic following the route of the trans alaska pipeline. and crossing the mighty brooks range a 1000 kilometer long mountain range that runs right across northern alaska. halfway along the route we had cold put a little more than a gas station in the middle of the wilderness until the mid 1990 s. the dalton highway was closed to normal traffic anyone wanting to use it needed a special permit from the oil companies. now truck drivers tell us they're encountering more and more tourists most come here in the winter to see the northern lights but they often underestimate the risks it is beautiful as it is nice as it is it's not to me it's not worth it because it's it is very dangerous you know and specially come unprepared just think about it you might have to walk you know 10 miles in this weather that's all people up here they got here an

it's now early october and we are on the dalton highway. much of it is just a mix of mud and gravel it's been called one of the world's most dangerous roads. crossing the yukon river we had northwards in the arctic following the route of the trans alaska pipeline. and crossing the mighty brooks range of 2000 kilometer long mountain range that runs right across northern alaska. kept way along the route we had cold put little more than a gas station in the middle of the wilderness until the mid 1990 s. the dalton highway was closed to normal traffic anyone wanting to use it needed a special permit from the oil companies now truck drivers tell us they're encountering more and more tourists most come here in the winter to see the northern lights but they often underestimate the risks it's beautiful as it is nice as it is not to me it's not worth it cause it's it is very dangerous you know and specially come i'm prepared just think about it you might have to walk you know 10 miles in this weather that's all people up here that go out there and j