TOUGHEST 48 HOURS OF VAN LIFE - DRIVE TO THE ARCTIC [S7-E48]

We knew our drive to Canada's most northerly point would be tough but it was much harder than we expected.
Travel vlog 524 | Filmed Aug 2022 | Inuvik Canada | Country 33/197
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We’re Marianne & Chris, a happily married couple from the UK. Marianne is a living kidney donor to her best friend, and realising that life was for living and never really knowing what’s round the corner - we decided to fulfil our dream of travelling full time.
So in March 2018 after the kids had left home, we sold our belongings, rented our house and moved into our campervan called Trudy. We set off to see the world and after vanlifing around Ireland and Europe, we grabbed our backpacks and spent 5 months exploring Central America.
Feeling like we needed a challenge, we planned the ultimate van life adventure! In Jan 2020 set off to drive around the World from UK to UK. But after arriving in Turkey, covid caught up with us and closed the borders, so we had a wonderful 18 months exploring this special country. Realising we were not going to be able to head further East, we decided to do a handbrake turn and go the other way and shipped our van to the USA.
We hope you enjoy coming with us, and we’ll continue to share our real adventures and hope you feel inspire to step out of your comfort zone and try something new.

[@TREADtheglobe]

Hi everyone - wow this 1000+ miles round trip to the arctic is a real challenge but we are loving the adventure and taking you along with us. Are you enjoying the adventure - we read EVERY comment so go ahead and post one below - We love to hear your thoughts 🙏. Much love from us - Chris & Marianne xx

[@terryomalley1974]

I'm enjoying the adventure very much! Everything in the far north is expensive, because of the massive expense of transporting goods to such a remote place with such a small population. For that reason, the Canadian federal government provides a supplemental living allowance for people living up there. You guys have a lot of guts, traveling further north beyond nearly all the vanlifers who trek to Alaska. Good on ya! 👍

[@lucforand8527]

The houses are about the ground due to the permafrost. If you were to put the house on a foundation, it would warm up the permafrost and the house would sink into the ground. Thus the houses are put on stilts and well insulated such that heat from the house does not warm up the permafrost.

[@chrisfolkharmonicaplayer6292]

If it was winter, you could join the Ice Road Truckers !!

[@frankysoh]

Did you set the air conditioner on recirculating mode instead of fresh air? Have you replaced the cabin air filter?

[@TREADtheglobe]

Yes and we will soon 👍

[@normawingo5116]

A town with no Walmart, Yaay! You both sound so happy.

[@genegene62]

Okay everybody drink a shot of your favorite liquor every time they say Mosquitos 😁

[@suekeane]

Hahah we would be able to stand up lol

[@Shelbourneworld]

Keep going from there, up and over the Arctic Circle, and you’ll be heading back down over Iceland and into Great Britain! Not so far from home, after all! How amazing is that! 😀

[@pelinbulent4892]

Poor Trudy never seen so much dust. Another great vlog. I couldn’t live somewhere so remote and isolated - imagine the winter just be so long and dark - and cold. Sorry I’m a Mediterranean girl at heart. However this has been eye opening - our planet is amazing. Stay safe and look forward to more videos xxx

[@shuvanidev]

The bugs are truly horrifying, ick...... while the dust is so bad that it's affecting the air quality in your van, why don't you wear your masks?

[@time4change878]

You two are great and have a great spirit. Trudy you are LEGEND should be re named Lady Trudy👍

[@twish1999]

I admire you both for giving up 'normal life' to follow your dreams. You are obviously made of much braver stuff than me! take care x

[@the_mum]

That wasn't a plane going in to land. It was a full mosquito.

[@deb5710]

Great video guys. Replace your auto air filter ASAP. Dust on everything, always have plenty of trash bags and large ziplocks food bags to seal things up against the dirt. I would have the molding on all the doors and windows resealed on the van, you should probably be wearing a mask so as not breath in the dust. Have you ever heard of brown lung? During the dust bowl of the 1930's people died of brown lung from breathing dust. Stay safe.

[@kimmeehan5410]

I spent two years as a little kid in Inuvik. My father was in the Canadian Armed Forces and this is a base. I don’t remember much except for the church! Keep being careful!

[@mesutozsen903]

eline emeğine sağlık bu güzel vlog için kolay gelsin hayırlı işler....👍👍👍👍

[@TREADtheglobe]

Thank you 🌷

[@beachut]

Looks like you guys are still having a great time, apart from the bugs...we have lots here in north Australia as well but pleased to let you know they got rid of the 3.5 metre crocodile from our creek this week

[@NomadLifeKiwi]

Yikes, where in Aussie are you guys?

[@beachut]

@@NomadLifeKiwi Saunders Beach NQ. we dont swim here lol

[@NomadLifeKiwi]

@@beachut Nice, just north of Townsville. We love it up that way.

[@TREADtheglobe]

Holy Schmoly !! 🙄

[@shabbirjdana]

Why didnt you bought mosquitoes killing rackets🎾. This might had destroy many of them.

[@keithburkhead9559]

Now got beautiful memories of dust,dirt and bugs. Low population for reason and in a month it be frozen like deep freeze! Lol Sorry guys you are proven to make the best out of a bad time. U guys are awesome be safe !

[@barbaragurgan7979]

I saw an advertisement recently for a bug zapping device that looks like a miniature tennis racket and you swing it like a fly swatter and it electrocutes the bugs. Haven’t tried it but looks like a good idea.

[@TREADtheglobe]

Hi Barbara - our travelling companions kids loved those things and were running around with them - until they realised that they were being eaten outside ! So moved back into the vans to do it and then hit the walls LOL - it was absolutely crazy the quantity !! But they are fun indeed ! M xx

[@margaretr5701]

There's more mosquitoes than one of those rackets can handle! But fun to use.... Ive been camping in northern Ontario. Mosquitoes as big as dogs! The land of lakes and tree's, mosquito paradise.

[@keithfenwick5502]

Cool that 29.08 minutes flew past..love that dragonfly thank you 🇬🇧🍀👍🙏

[@ExpeditionNomadicAdventures]

Oh, no one told you all about the bugs? “Human buffet” is what insects call summertime human travelers.

[@TREADtheglobe]

LOL - we learned they are called bulldogs as they take chunks out of your skin !!

[@rosyortega3512]

how come people outside are not afraid of mosquitos and insects? l will be terrify

[@robertfisher7723]

Hi guys to stop all the dust buy some duct tape and cover the joints around the back and side doors. A strip along the bottom of the fridge will also help. When you return to Inuvik you might show the "utilidoors" that carry the house services above the ground and at road junctiond the low bridges to cross over them.

[@sammayet9002]

Awesome, spectacular and amazing

[@pamalawalker.3709]

We travelled many dirt roads whilst living in the outback in Australia, your dust will be coming through your back doors, to help this use airconditioning or use your front fans bringing in fresh air to pressurise your van. Hopefully you will find it much better on your return trip. Also when the big trucks pass, hold the windscreen with your hand while it is passing, not sure if this works but we didn’t get a broken windscreen, even when we drove from Texas to Prudoe Bay, having ice road truckers passing us on the Dalton Highway and we had many rocks thrown up at us. On the way south we took the road from Carmacks to Watson’s Lake via Faro That’s a very lonely road, it’s about 400 miles, we had one vehicle pass us in two days, no where to get fuel, no shops or houses. You are definitely on your own on that road.

[@TREADtheglobe]

Wow - sounds epic !!

[@Aaron-P]

Cor blimey, those bugs were *APOCALYPTIC!!!* 😝😝 And the dust! Wow! Marianne is like a princess -- Princess Leia. 💪💅 Does that make Chris like Han Solo, or Chewbacca? 😆😆 With all the dust coming in around the fridge, have you/will you have the cooling fins checked & cleaned behind the vent cover outside?

[@TREADtheglobe]

Oh yes! We took the vents off .... and guess what ?! It was horrific !! we have hovered and blown as much as we can out of the area .... fingers crossed it has not damaged the fridge 🙏🙄 Oh and Chris does a great Chewbacca impression ... maybe he has an inner chewy !! M xx

[@victorkent768]

Love that church on the inside... So jealous of you guys. Living my dreams through you💓💓

[@TREADtheglobe]

Great to have you along with us

[@adrianadrian255]

Food prices in the north are terrible, in Nunavut there is no road access, so things can cost up to six times as much as in the rest of the country. Most families supplement with hunting and have diets that vary in ratio, but rely on "country food". Cariboo, geese, bear, seal, narwhal and beluga, bowhead and fish. There are quotas on how much can be taken, it is an amazing diet and one that I don't think anyone else can survive on. In the Yukon, vegetable growing is very good, its a short season, but near constant daylight allows plants to do very well.

[@TREADtheglobe]

Thanks for the information 👍

[@shooster5884]

Horse flies give a very nasty bite..

[@mariaandbryan]

What an insane drive you guys have faced from the beginning of your trip to the artic. You guys are the perfect example of Lieles' favorite sentence: "there are a million of reasons why you shouldn't do it, but find one reason why you should" Keep going! This is scary and all but super exciting

[@TREADtheglobe]

Thanks so much! And we look forward to our road trip together one day - love you 🌺💜🙌

[@toddramsay977]

They can see the ultraviolet light of your C02 you exhale in your breath. That is what attracts mosquitoes and flies. Flies also smell deteriorating things.

[@bassamtravel]

Feeling so sorry for you and Trudy going through 😞 I hope you're all ok ❣️ Trudy is doing so well she's so brave ☺️ just keep safe

[@TREADtheglobe]

Thank you 🌺

[@bassamtravel]

@@TREADtheglobe welcome 🙏

[@OG-uw5tu]

You do realise that it's a car and not a real person..if you maintain your vehicle it will always look after you..

[@debee8795]

They use to spray for the mosquitoes but say it weakened the shell on the eggs of the eagles. After the eagles were almost extinct they stopped spraying.

[@owen8681]

I didn't think the bugs could get worse. Marianne is the best woman in the world to put up with that. You're both a pair of troopers. I'd be hotfooting out of there!

[@davidwong9230]

Over there, distances are not measured as the crow flies, but as the mosquito flies. I’d stop to comment some more, but as it’s dinner time here, I gotta fly

[@sandramelara7664]

And then …, are u making a U turn ? Go back to North America 🇺🇸, Central America , South America ? 🤔

[@myohmy839]

They are in North America now.......got a map?

[@TREADtheglobe]

Hi Sandra - yes we are heading back down to visit a bit of BC and Alberta - before heading into Montana and then south ..... but we are not going to Central America or South America as we are shipping Trudy West to continue the drive / ship around the world !!

[@sandramelara7664]

@@myohmy839 did I asked you?

[@1haidagirl]

Nice videos…was wondering why your wife does most of the driving. Maybe she will not let you drive?

[@coloradoridgerunner791]

Been watching you suffer with all of those mosquitoes if you rub toothpaste on a mosquito, ant, or most any bug bite it will stop the stinging it actually works better than over the counter bug bite treatments.

[@Dadcam_Can]

The houses in Inuvik are built on pilings to prevent the winter home heating from escaping into the permafrost ground below. If the permafrost thaws the houses will subside into the ground which can cause structural damage.

[@e_valley2707]

Thermocell ... the answer to Bugs, works really well ...

[@ercieyyy]

Did u go back to the past of 50s or is this town intendly built up like that? :):):)

[@elizabethlarose4368]

When you write your memoirs , the book title should be “crazy roads I have known with a view from the loo”

[@TREADtheglobe]

Great idea !!

[@air1066]

I heard there is a weather storm moving to Alaska please be safe

[@JP-ur8eg]

You guys going crazy yet not seeing night for at least a week or two?

[@kevinerose]

I imagine you guys have seen Ewan McGregor's series on "The Long Way Round" from 2004. He and some friends took motorbikes all the way round the world. The roads through eastern Russia proved to be near impossible even for motorbikes.

[@TREADtheglobe]

We watched it 3 or 4 times ... and we really wanted to talk to the girls in the office who organised and fixed it all !! The would be really handy to have when we are researching routes etc 👍

[@biddiemutter3481]

I wonder whether the people who work the ferry are employed on the basis of blood groups which the insects don't like, so they're desperate for fresh blood whenever tourists appear!

[@TREADtheglobe]

Ha Ha !! It must be some kind of immunity for sure 😉

[@scamphound1892]

I’m glad you’re doing it so I don’t have to! 😂

[@susannetoon2709]

Hi both How brave are you? You are using a lot of mosquito spray Is okay to spray so much on your skins?Also bear repellent. Amazing landscape so different from how we imagined it would be and if not for you we would never see it as you are showing us travelling along.Bit concerned about your tyres.With you ever step of the way .Take your time and just be grateful to see such raw landscapes and wildlife.

[@TREADtheglobe]

Yes, thanks

[@alparslanesmer4251]

If I were you, I would not really envy the quad bike owner, because he/she must be swallowing hundreds of mosquitos on a single trip 😆Your air conditioned van is far safer :)) What makes me curious though, how the locals manage the problem.

[@frankysoh]

You need a mask for driving on dirt roads which can't help against Covid 19, but it will certainly help you to protect your lungs. There are so many different respiratory diseases cause by the bad dirt. Don't forget the safety first!

[@5ayes12]

Many years back I picked up an unrecognizable biped hitchhiker in the NWT.Looked like elephant man after a night outside getting eaten by bugs.Hollywood make-up professionals couldn't ever recreate how hideous was my passenger.Kept offering to get him to the nearest hospital but he said it wasn't anything to worry about.

[@daniross2758]

The town on the hill is artic red river

[@genegene62]

Okay everybody drink a shot of your favorite liquor every time they say Mosquitos 😁

[@TREADtheglobe]

LOL !! Don't do it !! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@nickergun4943]

Hello Arctic Conquerors This the New title you deserve now for the Arctic Adventure.😍😍😍 Boy ! I know I myself drive 5 hours a day on dirt roads and engine, air filter and other mechanical parts under the hood gets really dusty but what I see in this video is not dirt it is simply " The Muck Makers". What an unbelievable really dusty that is. I am wondering if you could DUCK TAPE the openings as much as you can. Obviously, taking them out of there will be leaving nasty gunk's on the surface later. " Univik" I liked the town also Chris. Church was very unique. Thanks for sharing. However, I can do without " Horse Bugs" I will also join one of the comments made earlier The main reason the houses are on stilts are due to soil/ ground freezing and thawing back and forth which will make the foundation of the houses unstable and will eventually cause cracking on the floors and tilting etc. I am going to think that building on stilts maybe during high cold winds ( air passing underneath) will make it colder. But, you go conquerors. I am loving the videos. Thank you for taking us with you. Sending love from all of us from Ft. Pierce, FL♥️♥️.Be safe. Poor Trudy, I feel for you , you know the BUGS I am talking about. Hanging in there Trudy. You are almost there 🥰🥰🥰

[@TREADtheglobe]

Awwh thanks Nick - yep it was an epic challenge and we feel delighted that our girl Trudy was a road warrior !! woo hoo xx

[@cindy-ml7vo]

I hope Trudy got a spa day or two after this trip.

[@TREADtheglobe]

She will and a good service and repair job !!

[@adnaneroglu2500]

👍🙂🙋👏

[@barbapke766]

Have you ever looked on Amazon for screens for your windows?

[@TREADtheglobe]

Hi - yep we considered it but as we are only here for a month and a bit ... we are getting on with it 😂👍

[@eck2go]

Whatever you do please don't forget your engine air intake filter. If you have such a dust problem don't forget Trudy.

[@TREADtheglobe]

Yep we have cleaned it a few times / we will replace it soon and she is booked in for a good service !!

[@TT-zd6nr]

Odd that the organisers of the art festival did not want filming. I used to think artists wanted to have publicity and given it was a free exhibition, it seems strange to me that the organisers felt they may lose business, which is the usual reason for preventing filming.

[@christinamann3640]

Artist own the rights to their art and all depiction of it.

[@TT-zd6nr]

@@christinamann3640 I suspect from what you say that the organisers may be legally liable under copyright law which is the real reason for the ban, even if the artists would like the exposure. I have no idea which artists exhibited for example. Thanks for the reply.

[@alanhowatson3462]

Great vlog guys, and the dust and bugs! Oh my god. Please check your air filter 👍

[@TREADtheglobe]

Thanks! Will do!

[@levinawalsh2015]

OMG!!! The dust & The Bugs are just horrific 😱. Definitely a movie in it, sequel to The Birds.... The Bugs!!! Really appreciate the lengths you are going to for All of us Guys☘💜💪.

[@TREADtheglobe]

Thanks Levina 💜🍀🌺

[@idabustamante7081]

enjoying the road trip . . oh my 😳 gosh the bugs/dust how horrible . . but the epic views and kind people you meet along the way well worth it . . almost there my friends continued safe travels stay safe happy trails 👣 ❤️🙋‍♀️

[@TREADtheglobe]

Thank you Ida

[@RobertsBulgaria]

For anyone else travelling that Dempster Highway, stash your bedding in BIG Trash Bags and/or switch off your fridge and block the vents. I'm thinking Trudy's Air Filter will need changing at the first opportunity.

[@feleciawallace8420]

Nice places to visit, but why in the World would anybody want to live there, the dust and bugs are relentless from what you're showing us via your video.

[@christinamann3640]

I saw a video about the coldest town. Somewhere in Russia, they hit -70c and still call that the good season because of the 🦟 in summer.

[@myohmy839]

"why in the World would anybody want to live there" Really? Perhaps because they have lived there for centuries........

[@TREADtheglobe]

Hi Felecia - For centuries people have lived there - and. you only know what you know - I think the bugs were so many due to the season - this is the worst time for them - but the communities will be a great place for those that love this lifestyle - it is certainly not for everyone 🌺

[@feleciawallace8420]

@@myohmy839 -- well people are able to move and abandon places that are unbearable. We have plenty empty abandoned towns here in America. The government will assist if need be, so there's no excuse to stay if the situation is terrible.

[@myohmy839]

@@feleciawallace8420 I don't think you get it. It has been their ancestral home for centuries. They have had hundreds of years to adjust. They are OK! FYI: Canada is in America too...............

[@a2zmustafa]

Loving your journeys and your positivity and smiles guys. I don't think id be able to handle the constant day light. Writing from South London

[@mzomy3992]

There aren’t any bugs i the middle of winter! And you would have driven over that river instead of taking the ferry! That crazy American showed his whole drive over that road (no dust!) and a lot of the time he drove… it was dark! :D Maybe next trip! Look for his sticker on the back of the Arctic Ocean sign :)

[@ruthbartonico7531]

I feared for Trudy in that very long and isolated road. But she made it! Enjoy your trip and keep safe. 🙏🙏

[@mariannevanderhorst6317]

Fair play to you it’s one heck of a distance Well Done keep safe ❤️❤️ (Would you not be worried about the motor with all that dust?)

[@TREADtheglobe]

Yep - we have cleaned the filter a few times and will be replacing it soon

[@repunzalrepunzal6063]

What a trip!! Really enjoying watching your adventures. It would be interesting to know some of the prices of food and other products. They have a lot of challenges living way up there!

[@tomhirschel8524]

Fantastico!

[@christinamann3640]

They know you’re in there! 🦟🪰🦟🪰 Fresh meat!

[@kimberlydeprey]

You guys sound so cool now saying “gas”. Made me 🤭 giggle! You guys are awesome, love it!

[@serdarcayan7691]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@recepozbilen9756]

🐞🐞

[@beterbocekUK]

🥰

[@carolinegreenwell9086]

so how do they manage not to have swarms of flies in Inuvik

[@tootz1950]

The breeding areas vary.

[@myohmy839]

Go in the winter. No dust either........

[@myohmy839]

Not horse flies.

[@twin4219]

Courageux d aller là-bas, pensez a nettoyer votre filtre à air, avec toute cette poussière, cela évitera de casser le moteur, bonne route

[@katiesimmonds4873]

That church was absolutely beautiful!

[@margarettownsley9500]

Guys perhaps it’s safer to use a mask in these dusty conditions if I had a house at the end of the long rd I’d ask you to stop and help use clean up trudie and make you both nice food but unfortunately I’m in a little village 40 minutes from Glasgow uk 😊use are doing amazingly well thank you for sharing this video xx

[@TREADtheglobe]

Thanks Margaret !! That is so sweet xx

[@dcal1452]

Why in the world is that NYC taxi in the NT???

[@bonniejackson7393]

Oops, sorry I mentioned a Facebook group. Still the other Arctic communities that are fly in only, get one shipment of all staples and goods via a ship. The perishables are flown in and their prices are probably even higher than in the town of Inuvik. A very challenging life! Good on you for travelling this far north!

[@TREADtheglobe]

Thanks Bonnie

[@dianejaeger8960]

there are snow shovels at all Canadian Churches

[@bigirishlady]

Can’t quit watching! Those washboard roads are crazy. You two are so fun to watch even though you look tired. I hope you get a good night’s rest.

[@TREADtheglobe]

Thanks Lorrie - these challenges can really be tough but the memories we make with our friends are those we will treasure the most 🌺🙌

[@tracywadlow3388]

Wait until you do the roads in Argentina!!

[@Chris-be1fo]

I hope you have a spare engine air filter with you. Karen one must be almost blocked with all that dust. If you don’t change it out soon, it could choke the engine

[@TREADtheglobe]

Yep 👍

[@lindawoody8501]

Hope you had time to find a laundromat to do your wash you you had more clean sheets for the bed assuming you had several sets. Wow about the dusts. The towns look wonderful. Thanks for sharing the beauty and scenic views and culture.

[@TREADtheglobe]

I did but not for a week !!

[@Purplelyd]

I would of worn a mask while u drove that road.

[@neilholden7821]

what with bugs and dust. just think you will have to do it all again on the return trip 😇

[@TREADtheglobe]

LOL

[@johnboy4067]

Your videos always make me smile, I'm enjoying your journey so much love ❤ 😍 💖 ❣

[@TREADtheglobe]

Thank you so much!! It is great to hear this 🌺

[@shooster5884]

Pity you didn't have a stash of masks

[@kevinw.2158]

👍🍀

[@adrianadrian255]

You didn't ask the very crew what their secret was to avoiding getting bitten by the bugs was?

[@TREADtheglobe]

LOL - you are not allowed to get out of the vehicles and I didn't want to open the windows !! 😂

[@christinamann3640]

I bet the cyclist by the side of the road was waiting for the vehicles to pass so he could wee in the bush unseen.

[@TREADtheglobe]

LOL!

[@martinsadventures3691]

Another great vlog this is truly turning into a epic road trip to the Arctic Ocean safe travels thanks for taking us all along 😀👍

[@TREADtheglobe]

Thanks so much!

[@travelswithforrestflo1239]

Wow, that drive is certainly epic!! The dust and bugs 😱 We are enjoying watching your Artic adventure, safe onward travels 💛

[@TREADtheglobe]

Thanks Guys xx

[@eaglespirit72]

Have done the Dempster highway three times and never had an issue with bugs. Dusty yes, but if you crank your air conditioner up full blast on recirculating mode it builds up pressure and helps keep the dust out. The scenery is some of the most spectacular in the world. I’ve seen wolves, a grizzly and in the mountains Dall sheep and caribou. You’re obviously city folk and not used to driving gravel roads, by the time you get back to Dawson city you’ll be seasoned travellers. Enjoy the trip….

[@TREADtheglobe]

Great tip! Chris kept opening the window to film !! LOL

[@the_mum]

I think these folks have driven a few dirt roads in their travels.

[@mikeherbert7664]

What a god forsaken part of the world.who would live there out of choice

[@myohmy839]

Because they have lived there for hundreds of years perhaps? Before roads and electricity and all that stuff. They don't mind.......

[@frozenoem1]

You were supposed to buy Muskol for bugs, and Permethrine for clothes, and tape all Seam, windows, doors with painters tape. also switching to lighter colored clothes helps keep the bugs down.

[@NomadLifeKiwi]

Wow, those bird sized bugs looked terrifying. And all that dust! I'm having second thoughts of doing this now, but loving watching you guys do it. Thanks for taking us along on this epic adventure.