How to go to the North Pole to see the aurora? There are no flights to the North Pole

Driving an RV to the Arctic Yukon is located at the westernmost tip of Canada, bordering Alaska in the United States to the west, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the Arctic Ocean to the north. It is the only province in North America that can enter the Arctic by road. Jack London's famous work "The Call of the Wild" was based on his personal experience of the wild nature in the vast wilderness of the Yukon River Basin in Canada. He found the theme of all his works here. In September 2015, a convoy of five RVs and four SUVs organized by "Outdoor Adventure" magazine drove from Whitehorse, the capital of Yukon, via the Klondike Highway, then into the North Pole via the Dempster Highway, and drove to the North Pole boundary marker. Yukon is a border province of Canada. It takes two and a half hours to transfer from Vancouver to the capital city of Whitehorse. Li Ying and her husband Wei Guangya who came to pick me up immigrated here a few years ago. When going through the formalities, the immigration officer asked her in disbelief: "Are you sure you want to immigrate to Yukon?" Because this is almost the westernmost point of Canada, bordering Alaska in the United States, with a vast land and sparsely populated areas, and more than 80% of the land is still in Unexplored and teeming with wildlife, there are more reindeer and brown bears than people. In the middle of the baggage carousel at Whitehorse Airport, a pair of large reindeer specimens are placed, frozen in the moment of their horns fighting each other, making people feel the wild atmosphere of this land for the first time. As soon as I stepped out of the airport, I immediately breathed in the pure air and saw the clear night sky above my head. The local weather forecast will have an aurora index every day. After September, there is a high chance of seeing the aurora on a dry and clear night. Wei Guangya and his wife have a small wooden house in the suburbs of Baima City. There is a lake in front of it and the view is wide. It is a good place to watch the aurora. The aurora began to appear in the east after 10:30 at night. It was a white light band at first, illuminating the eastern sky, and then gradually spread to form a light band that spanned the entire sky. Only a semi-arc light bridge was visible on the horizon, and it was reflected at the same time. In the lake, a shining enclosure is formed. In the meantime, there will be a few elfin-like aurora, rising in a whirlpool, and then disappearing suddenly, just like the lid of Solomon's magic bottle being opened, and after a puff of green smoke, the little devil is released, and he runs happily to the back of the mountain. Gold Rush Road Early the next morning, we went to the car rental company Driving Force to rent the RV needed for our trip. There are two types of RVs, one is 19_, which can accommodate four people, and the other is 21_, which can accommodate six people. The latter is relatively large in size, and is even more difficult to control for most domestic drivers who have never driven a large RV. We chose a 19_ four-person RV. The procedure for renting a car is also very simple. All you need is a driver's license that has been notarized in China and a credit card with a credit limit of more than 2,000 Canadian dollars. Our RV trip begins on the Yukon River in Whitehorse. Parked by the river is a large ship, the S.S. Klondike, which was built by the British Yukon Airways in 1929. It was an important cargo ship on the Yukon River at that time, and was the largest stern outer ship for decades. It's like transporting supplies to and from the Yukon River in one day. Later, it was not until the construction of the highway connecting the two gold mining towns of Whitehorse and Dawson City that it gradually took over its role. Now it is permanently parked on the Yukon River as a historical relic. When we arrived, it happened to be the morning when the sun was rising, and people running on the Yukon River passed by the ship. The Klondike has become a symbol of the city and a part of people's life in the city. Our self-driving route is along the Yukon River and takes Highway 2, which is the Klondike Road built in the 1950s to connect Whitehorse City and Dawson City to Dawson City. This is a famous gold mining road. After the car left Baima, the road conditions were very good, and there were very few vehicles on the way. It took almost half an hour on average before there was a meeting with another car. The cars here are very well behaved and drive according to the instructions marked by various road signs. There is a special inverted triangle sign at a fork in the road, which reminds you to stop temporarily and let cars on the main road go first when driving here. Drivers consciously abide by this. Along the way, the car behind me never overtakes across the lane on a road with only one lane, and always waits patiently behind. There are speed limit signs throughout the journey, but there are no cameras, so it all depends on your own awareness. The section passing by Fox Lake is the most beautiful. The yellowing woods in autumn or some of the remaining emerald green from summer are reflected on the calm lake surface, like random smearing, but they blend so naturally. But this section of the road is also the most difficult to walk. The dusty gravel road is flying. The dust raised from the rear of the car in front makes it difficult for the car behind to see the way forward, so it has to stop and widen the distance. Take a break where the road crosses the Pelly River. It is 282 kilometers south of Whitehorse and 254 kilometers north of Dawson City. It is a community of the Tutchone Aboriginal people in the north, called Pelly Junction. (Pelly Crossing), where hundreds of Northern Tuchong Aboriginal people live. Traditionally they lived a semi-nomadic life in the lower reaches of the Peli River District. Overlooking the village from the road, you can see that the location of the village is quite good, right at the bend of the river, hidden among the golden woods in the backlight. After driving more than 500 kilometers in a single day, dozens of kilometers before entering Dawson, mounds of dirt began to stretch along the rivers on both sides, extending all the way to Dawson.

After the gold rush of 1899, Dawson's gold mines continued to be mined. These were left behind by large excavators digging for gold after the gold rush. Some large companies used large machinery and equipment to mine gold, and one of these companies made a profit from gold mining, which continued until 1966. Up to $51 million worth of gold was mined around the Dawson area, which would be worth $1 billion today. Jack London's Cabin In March 1897, Jack London embarked on a gold mining trip. He sought some support, overcame many difficulties before the cold winter arrived, and went through all kinds of hardships to reach the Yukon River near the North Pole, where he spent the winter. Jack London found in the Yukon River the theme of all his work, the struggle between man and the supernatural. The famous work "The Call of the Wild" is based on his personal experience of the wild nature in this vast wilderness. In the book, the wolf dog Buck breaks away from the comfort given to him by humans and returns to his unshakable savage nature among the wolves in the forest. In the afternoon, the convoy arrived at Dawson, the central city of the gold rush where Jack London lived. A large RV campground where RVs can be parked is outside Dawson City. We stayed at the Bonanza Gold Motel & RV Park. The name of the hotel is also very interesting. "Bonanza Creek" translates to "Bonanza Creek". When three pioneers came to Yukon in August 1896, Bonanza Creek was also called Rabbit Creek at that time. ) discovered gold, and the history of this land was rewritten.

Source: Outdoor Adventure