In June 2025 I drove the Dempster Highway from Dawson City through Inuvik and on to Tuktoyaktuk by the Arctic Ocean for the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year. From my seaside campsite I watched the sun make its highest path across the sky, explored the town, and took a polar plunge in the chilly water before returning south through the Northwest Territories to The Yukon. It was nearly a 1,000 mile round trip across rough gravel roads through incredible natural scenery with one flat ti