It's -6 today and so sunny. This is the nicest weather I've seen. And I came home sick from work. Great.
I slept away the day and I'm feeling a bit better-the stomach flu sucks.
Anyway, yesterday was dog-sledding. It was fantastic. My team was Akita, Kabloona, Juno and Jager. Jager apparently is named for an arctic bull and rightly so-this dog had the biggest head I have ever seen. Akita and Kabloona were the leaders and Juno and Jager were the wheels. Within the first, say 100 metres I had tipped my sled and had to chase my dogs. It was very graceful. After that though it went really well. We went on the perfect day (although as I said, today might have been better). Yesterday was warm enough, sunny and clear. We went in the afternoon and the sun was just setting as we were leaving. It was really pretty-we went through all kinds of forest and on a lake.
I wanted to adopt a dog. They had one named Klondike who was being adopted by a man from Tsiigehtchic (pronounced sig-a-chic-I think it must be Gwich'in). He was adorable and so friendly. They said he was only two but he was no sled dog-he wouldn't pull and he was always more of a pet. The dog handler also said that they have three other dogs to be adopted before they can have a new litter. They are so pretty and they all had such personalities. When I got my team, they told me Juno was a fighter and he had to stay away from the other teams but then Akita was the one always trying to start things with the other teams.
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| Me and My Team! |
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| Lynn and her team-I only remember that the dog on the left is Blue. |
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| Me and Klondike-he wanted to sit on my lap so badly but my pants were too slippery. |
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| Kabloona |
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| Jager |
I also bought pictures from the people who work there but I have to wait for the disc and I will post them if they`re good then!
Hi Kate.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember the trees being so tall. You must have went out in the delta or south of the town. You have one upped me as I never went dog sledding. I don't think it was an option 30 years ago as all the dog teams were working trap lines. It looks like there is dog sled tourism in Inuvik now. The one picture has a fence in it. That struck me as funny as there were no fences in Inuvik back then. That was a good thing when we were on snowmobiles. We usually went east of the town out onto the tundra. No fences or trees to run into out there.
On a good night you can see the lights from anywhere in town. They were most intense between 11pm and 2am. I would say we saw the lights at least once every couple of weeks and usually for a couple of nights in a row.
I hope you are feeling better. Terry