Fellow Travelers,
Your trip sounds great. My wife and I did this twice. Quit our jobs, sold house, and spent a YEAR on the road (above artic circle). We did it in a Landrover Distovery (and a tent) before we had our Eagle. A couple of recommendations:
* Most of what you take, you won't need (but you won't know until later what is essential).
* Recommend making a bug netting to go around the awning (removable).
* Check out the magazine called "Overland Journal". Great stories about people who do what you are doing.
I built my Eagle from a shell about 8 years ago. I love it. I weld, so I was able to weld a steel box that is part of an equipment stacking rack in back of the truck seats (Nissan Frontier with removed jump seats). I also have a secret safe built into the bumper system (also welded myself). I am a 'no frills" kind of 4-wheeler. No frig, no water heater, no electric pumps. My feeling is that all of these things can break. Keep it simple if you are going to be in really remote places.
Have a GREAT time!
Chris