Caravan Trip to Alaska

We are in the middle of our forth trip from Pennsylvania to AK, all done independently. There is one thing that never gets mentioned when this question comes up. We only learned of it while camping next to particularly unlucky couple, stranded in Whitehorse. They had been there for three weeks, and were not even close to getting back on the road. They were part of a caravan, and had a catastrophic failure of the rear axle on their dually pickup. They had fallen too far behind their group to catch up, and the tour company had no interest in their plight. The wife was real sharp, and had already retained a lawyer, and started the process of suing the national brake and muffler chain shop, in Idaho, that caused the problem. At that point their summer was shot, and they were out over $15K in lost caravan fees, repairs and expenses.