The Grand Adventure

The Grand Adventure The Grand Adventure, a 1856 mile cross country snowmachine adventure and film series across the state of Alaska this coming winter.

The concept of our trip began as a simple idea. Plan a snowmachine trip that's longer and more adventurous than anything we have done before, and video the highs and lows along the way. This evolved into a 1856 mile trip crossing the state of Alaska, which is expected to span 28 days. During which we will likely encounter temperatures above freezing and below -30, deep untouched snow, areas with no snow at all, thick brush and forests, dangerous glacier and river crossings, icy overflow, steep mountain passes, and rock hard windblown plains stretching for miles. And that is only the beginning.. One of the goals of the original trip idea is to record video footage of the trip progress, the adventure, scenery, history, and highs and lows along the way. The idea is NOT to produce another "reality" show like many shown today, with exaggerated drama, clever editing, and out of context scenarios. Instead, we'd like to produce a high quality adventure series of grand adventure in the last frontier. Our team will do our own filming, no hidden cameraman, just the group of us, usually miles from another human being. What we show will be real, not hyped up or acted out scenes. We will have enough challenges along the way, there is no need to invent additional ones. Along the way, we will look at and travel some of the historical routes accessing the Interior and the North Slope of Alaska. We will travel through remote villages and visit with those that live there. We will examine the winter landscape, and reference glacial and shrubbery changes over the last 30 years in the mountain ranges that we cross. In Northern Alaska, we will pass thru herds of hundreds if not thousands of caribou, visit ancient hunting and whaling sites, and visit an abondoned military RADAR outpost from the Cold War on the edge of the Beaufort Sea.

Everyone was really getting a kick out of this today on my own page, so I thought I'd share it here as well.    In other...
10/03/2013

Everyone was really getting a kick out of this today on my own page, so I thought I'd share it here as well.

In other news, there is a good 8" of snow here in northern Alaska with a good base, enough to legitimately be riding snowmachines!!

AND I just unpacked the new supercomputer for compiling time-lapse and editing our 125 hours of video from last winter. Stay tuned for some new content coming soon!

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Jeb

It may not look like much, but those are snowflakes!!   Might have some on the ground in the morning.   In other news, t...
08/20/2013

It may not look like much, but those are snowflakes!! Might have some on the ground in the morning. In other news, the classic Alaskan whirlwind of a summer is starting to slow down, and we're digging into our footage from last winter!

Sorting and packing prepared food the evening before launching.
04/16/2013

Sorting and packing prepared food the evening before launching.

Notes on our food for the trip.
04/16/2013

Notes on our food for the trip.

04/15/2013

Thanks everyone for following our journey! We just got back home and are working on sorting, unpacking, and cleaning all our gear. It was an amazing 3 weeks and we covered another 1300 miles, bringing our trip total to over 1700. There's a ton of things to do in the near future, but I'm starting to go through photos and hope to get some more posted in the next couple days. - Jeb

04/13/2013

Day 21 - Arrived back safely. Today was one of the best riding days for the weather. Crystal clear and warmer temps. The team is sad that the trip is over, and sad to go back to reality. Thanks again to all of our supporters, followers and sponsors!! We couldn't have pulled this off without you!

04/12/2013

Day 20 - The team toughed it out in 25+mph cross winds and -5F today. Still exploring around the North but are headed back tomorrow to officially end their trip. A fox slept near their tents in the night, seeking shelter from the brutal winds.

04/11/2013

Day 18 & 19 - A lot of white out and snow the last couple days and cold temperatures. Had to repair some hitches but nothing too serious. Saw some foxes but no other wildlife. Most things are keeping hunkered down in this weather.

04/10/2013

Day 17 - Not much new to report. The team is still just romping around East of Barrow, seeing what they can see. No Polar Bear sightings yet! The temp is around 0F and the lighting is very flat, making it hard to see.

04/08/2013

Day 16 - The team continues their exploration of the North, visiting parts of the old abandoned DEW (Distant Early Warning) Line and traveling via the Ice Road. Temps are still really cold, but all is going well.

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