The expedition will take place on the North Shore of Alaska, starting at America's northernmost village, Barrow (near the cross on the image to the right). From there, I'll pull my supply sledges about 100 miles out, occasionally moving offshore on the sea ice. The return trek will take me another 100 or so miles, and I plan to be out for about a month. Because of the Winter season, the sun will be just below the horizon, making for a strange gloom throughout my trek. The conditions will be much colder than those I experienced in my last few Arctic winter expeditons, in Iceland, but at least it won't be a wet cold. I can expect temperatures in the -30sF before windchill. I'll also have to keep wary of polar bears. Females often den and hibernate during Winter, but males don't. My route has been planned to avoid the main bear areas...but I'll still have to carry a handgun, and a rifle. The Tracking page (see link above) provides closer-in maps.