Arctic Ocean Expedition: Winter 2007

[paulj]

There was a book on Dennison and his ice roads. I found it in a public library in the late 1970s (1st edition).

Denison's Ice Road by Edith Iglauer (Paperback - Oct 1998)

paulj

 

[goodtimes]

Change your brake fluid before you leave if you are not using DOT5 fluid, DOT3 and DOT4 fluids are gycol based and will start to freeze around -40C. If the fluid is old it will of absorbed water and it freezing point will be much higher. Even if you use DOT5 fluid which does not mix with water you can still have problems, with DOT5 you can get pockets of water in the system which easily freeze and can cause serious brake problems.


Rob

Yes, but DOT5 brake fluid has a high amount of entrained (dissolved) air, which is not happy when the ABS solenoids cycle. It can foam up and you don't stop.....damage to the ABS system is very possible.

 

[Scott Brady]

you saw that thing on the history channel about john dennison didnt you? i wanted to do the same thing.

Nope, no TV

 

[Desertdude]

His book on Amazon

Wikipedia -John Denison

Wikipedia - Ice Road

the diesel Gypsy on ice roads





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[Scott Brady]

Web Page and Blog is up

Here is the webpage to chronical our adventure. More updates weekly.

Arctic Ocean Expedition Site

 

[flyingwil]

Here is the webpage to chronical our adventure. More updates weekly.

Arctic Ocean Expedition Site

Cool, are you going to blog along your way? I am sure that there will be magazine articles so that might hinder the post as you go... for copyright protection.

 

[Brian894x4]

Here is the webpage to chronical our adventure. More updates weekly.

Arctic Ocean Expedition Site

:jump:


Pictures, pictures, pictures. We want lots of pictures, including prep and set up. Looking forward.....

 

[Desertdude]

I am guessing you will not have to bring a Fridge ?

or will you use this space to level out the temps for critical fluids...

 

[Scott Brady]

We will be doing live posts to expeditions west on this trip with images.

Now that SEMA is behind me, I am really getting excited about prep for this adventure and research.

Chris and I meet on Thursday to review the remaining tasks and required equipment and modifications. "cool" :elkgrin:

 

[toyrunner95]

have you thought about keeping your water equipment flowing, it could very well freeze...... solid.

 

[Scott Brady]

we are going to pull it out of the truck for this adventure. Chris will just have to live with me being stinky :smiley_drive:

 

[bootzilla]

I wish I had enough vacation to tag along - that is a great adventure. I have a friend in Calgary, and he said that it was -13 F yesterday...and it is still November...:yikes:

 

[toyrunner95]

o and keep your CV joints lubed, ive had those freeze up on me in my old 4runner, watch the boots too, they will freeze as well.

 

[WJinTRSC]

Thanks for the post Paul.

We plan on camping in the roof tent most of the nights, using sub zero bags with liners.

The plan at this point is to construct isulation panels that will set up againts the inside of the tent to improve heat retention. In addition, I will wire in 12v electric blankets to preheat the tent and bags while driving (switch them on an hour or two before making camp.

The last option is a propane fire duct heater like this one from Adventure Trailers

Hey guys. I'm new 'round here, but a trick I've learned for cold weather camping is to fill a Nalgene w/ boiling water and throw it in your bag before you crawl in. Keep it in there while you sleep. It keeps your toes nice and toasty! Any 100% lexan bottle will work, but Nalgenes are the most popular. Good luck on the trip!!

 

[Robthebrit]

I have posted this before somewhere but I use a good old fashioned hot water bottle, much better that a regular water bottle as they have seals for boiling hot water, you don't ever want them to leak. They are much better than an electric blanket as they do not reqire continual power and are much warmer. I grew up with these in the north of the UK where they are still common to this day as Brits don't like eleectric blankets.

http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/...=1&keyword=hot+water+bottle&searchid=inceptor

Fill it with boiling water 30 minutes before bed and put it in its cozy and then put it in your bag, leave it in there when you get in, becareful because it will be red hot (hence the need for the cozy). It'll still be warm in the morning and no aux power required, in those temps you do not want to rely on a battery.

Along similar lines, put a thermos full of water in your bag and you can use it to make coffee in the morning without ever getting out of the bag. I do this all the time and its awesome! If you use a hot water bottle then keep them together by puting the thermos in the cosy with the hot water bottle.

Rob