Arctic Circle Day Adventure: A One Day Guided Journey By Land Across The Arctic Circle

Ride north from Fairbanks in the personalized comfort of our tour vans and coaches. Tour highlights include:

• View the remarkable Trans Alaska Pipeline.
• Visit the Arctic Circle Trading Post situated in the rural community of Joy, Alaska.
• Travel the rugged Dalton Highway made famous by the construction of the Trans Alaska Pipeline.
• Traverse the mighty Yukon River.
• Cross the Arctic Circle in ceremonious fashion and receive an official Arctic Circle Adventure Certificate.
• Explore the amazing arctic tundra and feel the veins of ice just beneath the surface.
• On the return journey, enjoy a picnic meal on the banks of the Yukon River before traveling back to Fairbanks.

The day tour departs at 6:30am, returning around 10:30pm.

2011 Tour Price: $189.00 per person

Arctic Circle Fly/Drive Adventure: A One Day Guided Journey By Air & Land Across The Arctic Circle

Tour highlights include:

• Fly from Fairbanks to Prospect Creek, north of the Arctic Circle. The flight will provide an aerial view of the vast Alaska wilderness.
• Return by land in the personalized comfort of our tour coaches and vans along the famed Dalton Highway.
• View the remarkable Trans Alaska Pipeline.
• Visit the Arctic Circle Trading Post situated in the rural community of Joy, Alaska.
• Travel the rugged Dalton Highway made famous by the construction of the Trans Alaska Pipeline.
• Traverse the mighty Yukon River.
• Cross the Arctic Circle in ceremonious fashion and receive an official Arctic Circle Adventure Certificate.
• Explore the amazing arctic tundra and feel the veins of ice just beneath the surface.
• On the return journey, enjoy a meal on your own on the banks of the Yukon River before traveling back to Fairbanks by the light of the midnight sun.

2011 Tour Price: $359 p/p for 1pm departure/ $379 for 5am departure

Arctic Circle Air Adventure: A Round Trip Journey By Air Across The Arctic Circle

Tour highlights include:

• Fly north from Fairbanks and wonder at the story of the vast and remote land below.
• Learn of the traditional peoples that continue to sustain their lifestyle and culture in the expansive Yukon River Valley as they have for thousands of years.
• Witness remnants of the gold mining that continues nearly 100 years after the yellow metal first brought newcomers rushing north.
• View the remarkable Trans Alaska Pipeline, symbolizing the immense changes brought to Alaska's Arctic by the discovery of oil over 30 years ago.
• Thrill at the excitement of crossing the Arctic Circle.
• Experience the rugged and magnificent Brooks Mountain Range as the flight route passes just south of the Gates of the Arctic National Park.
• Participate in a ceremonious Arctic Circle landing at a wilderness community on the Middle Fork Koyukuk River and receive an official Arctic Circle Adventure Certificate.
• Enjoy an orientation and learn the fascinating story of the surrounding Brooks Range wilderness.
• Bask in the long daylight hours of the Midnight Sun on the return flight to Fairbanks.

        2011 Tour Price:       7:00 AM Departure = $379 p/p June - August

                                      1:00 PM Departure = $449 p/p

                                      7:00 PM Departure = $409 p/p May 20 - Sept 11                                                                            

Arctic Circle Aurora Fly/Drive Adventure:

From August 21 - September 18 Northern Alaska Tour Company offers the Fly/ Drive Adventure with all the tour highlights as descibed above in the Arctic Circle Fly/ Drive Adventure but on the way back you will make stops to intentionally scan the sky for the northern lights.

The tour returns between 1am and 2am. If the northern lights are out and active the return will be later than 2am.

2011 Tour Price: $389 per person