The Vancouver Sun ran a piece on the weekend about some Icelanders trekking across Canada’s north in some heavily modified Ford F350 diesels. Being a (novice) off-road enthusiast myself, I was immediately facinated with the story and the journey.

Originally planned out as a six week journey, the Icelandic team refers to their adventure as Arctic Trails, and you should check out their website.

Interesting to note however, is a change in their itinerary. Exceptionally warm weather has brought about some very major changes to their route…

A crowd of people on snowtracks welcomed us at the harbour in Kugluktuk. We have discussed with the locals about possible routes from here. It has been extremely mild here this year, temperature sometimes up to 4 to 5 degrees Celcius during the day. We are told that “iceroads”, where we intended to drive, don´t exist any longer. That means that we are forced to face facts and change plans.

Climate change in action. There are warning signs from even the most remote places.