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demands focus, patience, and respect, for the road, the cultures it crosses, and the wilderness it unveils.
This is not just a ride to a geographical endpoint. It is a pilgrimage to the edge of North America, and to a deeper understanding of what it means to move through a landscape on two wheels, alone but never untouched.
Riding the Spine of the North
Arctic Moto’ s tours are not for the faint of throttle. These aren’ t Sunday cruises; they’ re rugged, dust-streaked journeys into Canada’ s true frontier. Riders might find themselves crossing rivers, dodging caribou, or fuelling up at a lone pump in a town with a population of six.
The flagship adventure? A multi-day expedition from Whitehorse to Tuktoyaktuk, a tiny hamlet perched on the Arctic Ocean. The route follows the famed Dempster Highway, one of the most legendary gravel roads in North America, through the haunting beauty of Tombstone Territorial Park and over the Continental Divide.
“ This ride changes people,” O’ Donnell says.“ You’ re out there in places where
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