In the Yukon rental vehicles come complete with all the extras, including cracked windshields.

Main Street, Whitehorse

Delicious pan seared arctic char.

Lovely mountains on the horizon.

Scrumptious caribou baby back ribs.

8 AM Yukon time on a beautiful snowy morning.

Ptarmigan eggs over easy.

Testing begins. "Can you hear me?"

The first snowball of the year.

Rental vehicle set-up.

On our way for some rigorous testing.

"Can you hear me?"

Musk ox smothered in gravy, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

"Can you hear me now?"

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"Can you hear me now?"

The customs port of Pleasant Camp, British Columbia

100 feet down the road from the previous picture.

Battered Alaskan halibut.

Pancakes with walrus shank sausages.

What more could you ask for than these three necessities.

The farther north you go tree growth becomes incredibly stunted. Picture 4 foot green pipe cleaners.

"I'd like to order to medium pepperoni pizza. Please deliver it to the garbage bin in the middle on nowhere next to some small trees"

Beaver Creek, the most westerly community in Canada.

Bear burger with cheese.

The customs port of Beaver Creek, Yukon.

The port's security room...

...and what happens when you take too many pictures.

Luckily I had a satellite phone so I could call for help.

Ida's Motel. Quite possibly the most miserable night I have ever spent in paid accomodations.

Mouth-watering mountain goat sausages.

This is not a Corridor Snow Owl. Can anyone guess what this animal really is?

What the heck is making all that noise in the bushes?

Two arctic foxes play fighting.

"Can you hear me now?"

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"Can you hear me now?"

Sometimes government accommodations are not all they're cut out to be.

Tourist Trap

"Can you hear me now?"

Never before seen footage, a Tim Horton's with a debit machine.

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Tourist Trap

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"Can you hear me now?"

The customs port of Fraser, BC.

Confiscated walrus skull. Cool!

How many of you can say you decided to pop over to Alaska for lunch?

That big massive thing is a snow blower. Cool!

Small town America would not be complete without a liquor store and a Starbucks.

"Can you hear me now?"

Welcome to Andrew Macmillan.

The world's largest weather vane.

The last person I expected to see in Whitehorse was apehead.

Major Whitehorse attractions.

Moose side ribs with mixed vegetables.

He tasted great.

Apparently on hospitality flights with Air Canada leg room is not an option.

Almost missed the flight back to Ottawa. Freakin Vancouver Airport!

Top it all off with some Robert Jordan - Knife of Dreams.