The Crew

Two of us. One van.

We’re the couple driving from the Arctic to Patagonia — the people you’ll be following for three years on the road.

The crew

Meet Yoni & Mariia

Not a brand, not a tour company — just two people, one van, and a very long road south.

Yoni

Yoni

Software developer · founder · driver

A software developer, founder, and lifelong overlander — happiest building systems and finding the remote corners of the map. This trip is me trading the desk for the driver’s seat.

I also run AlaskaRoadTrip.com
Mariia

Mariia

Designer · co-pilot · operations

A designer, co-pilot, and the operational backbone of the trip — making sure we don’t just survive life on the road, but actually enjoy it. Most excited for the changing cultures and landscapes; least for border paperwork and rainy days in the van.

Why we’re doing this

One road, pole to pole

Two continents, fifteen countries, one van — from the Arctic coast of Alaska to the bottom of Patagonia, departing April 2028. We’re not selling seats; we’re sharing the whole thing, mile by mile, and building a convoy of people who want to come along — online, at a waypoint, or in their own rig.

After years of testing our custom Sprinter against everything from sub-zero Canadian winters to rugged Arctic gravel, a three-year drive down the Pan-American Highway felt like the undeniable next step — a chance to trade the desk for the open road, document the raw reality of long-haul travel, and see how far our wheels and ambition can actually take us.

Read the long version
Not our first rodeo

We’ve been training for this.

Before pole-to-pole, we put the rig and ourselves through real country — Arctic gravel, sub-zero winters, and remote coast. Every shakedown was a rehearsal for the big one.

  • The Dempster HighwayArctic gravel, solo
  • Northern Quebecwinter & aurora
  • Newfoundlandrugged Atlantic coast
  • The Gaspé PeninsulaQuébec
  • The James Bay Roadtoward Hudson Bay
  • Coloradothe high Rockies

Follow the two of us south.

Get the dispatches, and we’ll tell you where the van is headed next.