Tag Archives: Mushing  To wander free across a landscape, choosing your route as curiosity takes you, feels like a rare privilege for someone who comes from a densely populated place like Britain, and what’s even more amazing is to be able to do it without carrying a huge backpack or hauling a sled full of gear behind you. […]  As winter descends on the Arctic the rivers that thread through this landscape freeze solid and smooth, flat surfaces perfect for dog sledding. The rivers of the North are well established as the traditional highways of winter. Travelling along these natural trails it is a certainty that people will have passed by before you for […] no comments  There is a great simplicity in a trip to the Arctic tundra, the demands of everyday life back home drop away and are replaced by new routines. Prominent amongst these new tasks is collecting firewood for drying, cooking, heating and melting snow to make water, in fact melting snow warrants a whole task category of […] no comments  People often ask what it’s like to camp in the Arctic winter; well it’s not bad if you’ve got the kit. Here’s a shot of one of Joe Henderson’s Thermalodge tents on an icy moon lit night. & an “exploded diagram” photo, this is the moment just before putting the canvas over the top. Once settled […] no comments  Travelling the old fashioned way with a powerful team of 22 malamutes. By day forging a trail through virgin snow and over distant passes and camping in remote river valleys by night. This is what it’s all about. no comments |
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