079 The Yukon... Mud and Fire

A look at the City of Dawson. A discussion about the Dempster Highway, a 1,700 km side trip to the Arctic which we DIDN'T take. An out of control wildfire up against the Klondike Highway is the first time we are threatened by fire. It's no joke.

Theme music by Bird Creek

Still photos by Ramona

In Memory of Jean Talon by The Mini Vandals

Photo of Robert Service by Unknown author - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Cabin of Robert Service by Hans-Jürgen Hübner - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Dempster Highway panorama by PierreWiki at English Wikipedia - Photo by author (Pierre Racine). Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Aconcagua., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Corporal Dempster searches for the Lost Patrol by J. Doody - Library and Archives Canada, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Dempster Highway south of Inuvik CC bY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Raven on sign by David Adamec - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Mud Road by David Adamec - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Tombstone Territorial Park by Atomic7732 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Eagle Plains Hotel, the only accomodations on the Dempster by DrReload - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
High Winds and Blowing Snow by David Adamec - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Midnight Sun over the Dempster near Inuvik by Daniel Case - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
The Dempster Highway approaching the MacKenzie River ferry crossing, from the south, with buildings of Tsiigehtchic visible to the right by DrReload - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Pavilion marking where the Dempster Highway crosses the Arctic Circle by DrReload - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Tuktoyaktuk sign by https://tuktoyaktuk.ca/, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...
Arctic Ocean by DrReload - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Tuktoyaktuk Panorama by Dlogic - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Dempster at Klondike Hwy by Google Maps