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<\/a> <\/p>\nThe road from Fairbanks to the start of the Dalton highway<\/a> is approximately 130km of regular paved road running through MORE beautiful Alaskan countryside! Think mountains and forest for as far as the eye can see and then suddenly you\u2019re upon it! The paved road turns to dirt albeit fantastic in that its hard-packed and super easy to ride! I hit a few patches of rain that turn the road into mud and although a little on the slippery side very, very easy to manage with the right tyres!<\/p>\n At the start of the Dalton\u2026note the nice clean bike that has only just been washed!!!<\/em><\/p>\n The essential addition to the pole at the sign of the Dalton!!<\/em><\/p>\n \u2026and after 2 hours of Dalton mud!!<\/em><\/p>\n On route, other than crossing north into the arctic circle for the second time in a week, I came across a lone white wolf sitting at the side of the road that contemplated me for just long enough to not enable a photo! Bugger! Needless to say it was fantastic to encounter as they are apparently super rare to see!<\/p>\n This is a great picture that shows just how far north I currently am and inside the arctic circle! The 3 red dots represent where I have been and where I currently am!<\/em><\/p>\n The Dalton is considered a haul road built specifically to connect the oil fields of Prudhoe bay with Fairbanks and as a result the truck drivers along this route are infamous, in fact, the TV Series, \u201cIce Truckers\u201d is a series about the trucks that go up and down this very road because of how beautiful and yet dangerous it is!<\/p>\n<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/a> <\/p>\n