There is a very big difference between Dalton/Dempster roads and Nordkapp - Nordkapp is tarmac/pavement all the way, so MUCH easier.

Tuktoyaktuk: 69.445358N -133.034181 (69° 26' 43.289" N 133° 2' 3.052" W)
Deadhorse / Prudhoe Bay: 70.2556453N -148.3384293 (70° 15' 20.323" N 148° 20' 18.345" W)
Nordkapp: 71.169493N 25.783164 (71° 10' 10.175" N 25° 46' 59.39" E)

The latitude is misleading though - Nordkapp benefits mightily from the Gulf Stream, warming it significantly compared to northern Canada and Alaska. That means the Dempster and Dalton are in a far worse climate, adding truly bad weather and remoteness to the challenge.

Much as I loved the west coast route in Norway to Nordkapp, it was EASY compared to the Dalton. At the best of times the Dalton and Dempster are slippery mud, gravel, and monster commercial trucks running at very high speeds - you're not much more than a bug on the windshield to them, and you always need to keep that in mind. Not to say that's it's insanely bad, it's certainly doable, we did it two up on our own, and lots of others have done it too. You just have to keep in mind the conditions and don't get cocky, ride too fast, or push your luck in any way.

Anyone can ride to Nordkapp. Not everyone enters though - I know world travellers that stopped at the gate because the entry fee was too high for their budget!
Of course lots of people didn't get to dip their toe in the Arctic Ocean at Prudhoe Bay either, as the fee to take the tour into the area from Deadhorse is high!

Some things just need to be included in the budget.

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Here's the trick: the ticket booth operators show up at something like 10 or 11 AM. Before they get there, you're pretty much free to rock up and slip past the boom gates - not only is this very commonly done, but it was actively recommended to me by the hostel staff in Honningsvag. I stayed all the way through to the visitor complex opening, walked around the tunnel and other inside exhibitions etc. - nobody cared or asked to see my ticket.

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