On June 8, I fly from Seattle to Kotzebue, Alaska for a two week backpacking trip in the National Petroleum Reserve with a group from the Sierra Club. From Kotzebue, 15 other participants and two guides will take bush flights to a landing strip in the arctic circle. No need for headlamps around the summer solstice. We will have 24 hours of daylight.
http://www.sierraclub.org/outings/national/brochure/07014A.asp
I have been told that the temperatures will range from 20 to 80 degrees. Also, that it WILL rain. I've upgraded my raingear. Expensive, but considering the alternative, worth it. I am not looking forward to the fact that my feet will be permantly wet on the trail. Not only is the tundra boggy, but in Alaska, there are no briges over the rivers and streams. You just go in with your boots on and get used to the wet.
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