Construction of the Snowhotel

The construction of the Snowhotel started around the end of November when we had consistent temperatures below 0°C, in addition to already having some snow fall. Most of the snow used in construction is actually pumped down from a mountain lake about 150m above sea level and then fed into a big snow cannon. In […]

They grow up so fast!

Now that I’ve got a little spare time, I’ve finally managed to collect all my puppy photos into one easy to view album! This litter of seven pups comes from Sexy (mother) and Josef (father). The ages of the pups in these photos range from about 2 weeks old at the start of the album […]

A catalogue of Arctic flora from Finnmark, Norway

Over the last few months I have been taking pictures of the flowering plants here in the north of Norway. I have been pleasantly surprised at the large number of these plants that reside in a place so far above the Arctic. While the summer here is short, the sunlight certainly isn’t (well except for […]

Husky Hikes & Puppy Pics

Summertime is quite relaxed in the dog yard, it is a well deserved vacation for the dogs after they have been running all winter. During the summertime our work in the dog yard revolves primarily around keeping the dogs fed and watered, as well as taking the young dogs for hikes and looking after the […]

Back in the Arctic!

I’m now back in Northern Norway but this time in a town called Kirkenes – which is about 15km from the border of Russia. I’ve taken another musher job at the Kirkenes Snow Hotel. It’s pretty much the same type of work as the one in Tromsø but this one has a few more dogs […]

Touring Northern Norway

Finally I got around to posting many of my photographs from my time spent travelling around Northern Norway. I visited quite a few towns in the north and would have to say my favourite place was Lødingen. It’s a tiny village situated at the intersection of five fjords, so you can imagine it being quite […]

Autumn Work!

The blog updates have been few and far between because I’ve been out of town completing a long and extensive Autumn dog training period in Målselv. We took all 86 adult dogs out there around mid-August to begin the training after a long (and well deserved) summer break. Our daily training routine consisted of feeding […]

2 months in…

The 2 month anniversary of my arrival in Norway has just passed so I thought it appropriate to do another blog update since I haven’t done one in over a month! We’ve just had 2 new handlers arrive from Estonia to join the team which is great as the seasons are changing and Autumn is […]

HUSKY PUPDATE!

Here it is, the update you’ve all been waiting for… New puppy pics! So far we have 3 puppies (mother: Aida) who are about 9 weeks old and 6 brand new pups, (mother: Ravn) who are just over 2 weeks old – super cute.

My Time in Målselv

I spent some time in Målselv painting our log cabins that we will be living in once the dog training season comes around. This is about 1.5 hours south of Tromsø in the wilds of Norway. Everywhere you explore there is a photo opportunity. It would have to be one of the most beautiful places I’ve […]