A fabulous finale!  48km of dog powered travel, through some of the most dramatic scenery yet. And after some gentle uphills, it was mostly with gravity.  We’re off the bottom of my map – I took a photo of the hut wardens to keep track of where we’ve been! It was bitterly cold as we travelled north… Read more

I was on dog feeding duty this morning. Not my favorite task, but one that needs doing if we are to keep up the pace! Glorious downhill sledding today!  Incredible scenery! Hot drinks provided by a friendly warden at Singistugorna, where we stopped briefly.  Only 2hrs 40mins of Sledding today, and nice to not be pushing… Read more

There was a whiteout and snow in the air when we woke. The expedition routine of food (for dogs and humans), packing, cleaning the hut and harnessing dogs went pretty smoothly. It was actually pretty warm still, but there was a lot of pushing and skating alongside the sled on the way up to the… Read more

Had a lie in this morning – didn’t need to be up until 07:00. I put on thin thermals as we had no clouds, no wind and some uphill sledding ahead of us. It was only just below freezing.  Markus prepared porridge on the gas stove while we got the fire lit.  It’s easy to… Read more

-17°C and a 5:45am start led to frozen boogers from the outset.  A beautiful cloudless start though. My face was freezing while we rode back to the Husky Base across a big frozen lake, but the situation was amazing.  At base, we loaded up the gear and dogs and drove west on the same road… Read more

Outside our little four bunk cabin, snow was gently falling. We woke to the sound of many many dogs barking. The noise was quite incredible.  After meeting our local guide at breakfast, a crash course in husky sled driving and dog handling began. Our guide gave instructions in short bursts with a deadpan delivery. He… Read more