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garryk6
Dec 09, 2013Explorer
Living in the Cold North of Alaska, I had heard from people here in Alaska using Arctic Foxes and Northern Lites, but having problems with the "extreme" cold. When I re-built my 1966 Avion, our maiden voyage was in temps that went as low as -16F up to a whopping 16F above zero... We left home with now water in the tank, drinking water in jugs inside the people space. And the new recirculating toilet had windshield washer fluid in it as the flushing medium, since the anti-freeze turns to slushies at these temps. What was even harder is that the TC went with us every day, so when we stopped, the inside was very cold. We did have good sleeping bags, and insulation under the upper bunk of reflectix and foam board. But we would plug in a ceramic heater at night, and have the catalytic heater going from when we stopped to when we would bed down. This minimized the ice formation on the inside of the camper, and I still had the upper vents cracked open. The biggest problem there, is that it would occasionally rain off the vents due to the warmer cabin air melting the ice on the inside of the vent lids...
You can read of our winter trip here...
Thanksgiving in Alaska a Campers odyssey
Also I learned alot about better preparing for that trip from this other Forum, where the folks are just as friendly as over here, but they are more geared for TT's and fivers.
Four Seasons Camping
Garry
You can read of our winter trip here...
Thanksgiving in Alaska a Campers odyssey
Also I learned alot about better preparing for that trip from this other Forum, where the folks are just as friendly as over here, but they are more geared for TT's and fivers.
Four Seasons Camping
Garry
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