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Posted by Bill S on January 28, 2008 at 8:42:31 pm EST
In reply to Northern Alaska winter trip posted by Oferguson on January 27, 2008 at 5:01:51 pm EST

Well, that's a start. But unless you are moving all the time, that won't be adequate. Take a look at the Feathered Friends, Marmot, Western Mountaineering, Mountain Hardwear, North Face, and other similar catalogs at their expedition parkas, overpants, and full suits. You will be encountering temperatures in the -60F and below range, with windchills that go much below that. Since you will be doing a lot of standing around with the camera on a tripod, you won't generate a lot of heat as you would if moving and exercising.

For boots, you need to look at double boots. The Sorels might be adequate, though I found mine in similar conditions to what you will encounter to be slightly on the cool side (and that was with Patagonia expedition weight long johns, the Marmot stretch suit underwear, Marmot 8000 meter top and bottom, and a wind shell over top, and I have warm feet and hands compared to most people).

By the way, Coldfoot is a fair distance north of the Arctic Circle, so you will have about 8 and a half hours of daylight in mid-February. We were at Marion Creek, about 5 miles north of Coldfoot.

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