If you got in a car and drove North, how far could you get? At which point would you run out of road? Can you really drive to the Arctic Ocean? Well, Pyrodes got a car and found out. Let us introduce you to Alaska’s Dalton Highway. This adventure of a gravel road stretches over 600 KM through the Arctic’s Boreal Forest, over the Brooks Range, and across Alaska’s vast North Slope. It dead ends at the Arctic Ocean at a tiny outpost jointly owned by British Petroleum and Conoco-Phillips, aptly named Deadhorse. Closed to the public until the mid-1990s, the Dalton offers you the only chance you’ll find in North America to drive clear to the top of the continent. More info and video after the jump…

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Ever want to touch North Korean soil but just can’t bring yourself to give the DPRK government your money for an official tour? Why not just sneak into North Korea? Pyrodes has already encouraged you to sneak into Cuba, Moldovan breakway republics, and Area 51, and now we assure you getting across the North Korean border is easier than you might think. And so, Pyrodes welcomes you to Dandong, China, a city of over 2 and a half million that sits right on the Chinese/DPRK border, separated by the ever so thin Yalu River. You can soak in the friendly atmosphere, propaganda museums, and karaoke bars before tackling the real attraction in town: getting as close to the DPRK as sanity allows. In Dandong, you’ll find a line of eager taxi drivers and speedboat operators who will drive/ferry you to the least guarded, most accessible points of the border. Pyrodes, of course, warns you: go at your own risk; North Korean border guards aren’t all sunshine and roses. Especially now that they have shown a new propensity to scoop up reporters in the region (look here). But, that said, Dandong offers Cold War adventure you can experience few other places. Info and video after the jump…

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