POLAR AND SUB-POLAR EXPEDITIONS ON SKIS AND DOG SLED
The Story I am running Alaskan Malamutes… And as such I believe those guys need to pull heavy loads and I can see that they love it. Not in a crawl speed, but in a moderate speed over long days at a time. And with a small team it is amazing how much you are […]
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The Story In summer 2011 I went up to the north of Sweden for a job interview and got my first sled dog guide job. I was and still am constantly looking for good material to use, so i ended up looking at Tentipi and their cotton polyester blend Lavvus. I got myself a bottomless […]
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The Story In April 2017 my dogs and I were hauling supplies up Møysal glacier for a backcountry ski expedition camp that I was supposed to guard while they’d be out on day trips. The day before the tour started I was busy bringing up supplies and while I was on my way up the […]
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The Story My first contact with Steger Mukluks is about 9-10 years ago. Back then I was still living in Germany, but tried to find as much infos as possible about arctic expeditions and travelers specifically with Alaskan Malamutes. There was not much to be found, other than Joe Henderson, who travels in the Alaskan […]
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the sun is returning and with it the expedition season starts! plenty of daylight to enjoy the beauty of svalbard and its settlements and/or enjoying camping out in nature and work together with the dogs!
Read more "Expedition Season"After weeks of up and down weather from -29 to +7 and a big melt down leaving us with bare ice, yesterdays´ tour had quite a lot of snow to offer… it was warm, little wind and, for svalbard, heavy snow fall. slow process, but we had a good time being out for 9hours… thanks Geert for […]
Read more "Snow!"We are very happy to announce that our services are now available through Adrenaline Hunter. Adrenaline Hunter is the first booking platform for extreme sports and adventure travel worldwide. They aim to provide adrenaline seekers with the best lessons, courses, camps and experiences in all elements such as skydiving, paragliding, rock-climbing, caving, surfing, kitesurfing, rafting and […]
Read more "Adrenaline Hunter"yesterday`s storm was rattling quite a bit, but both the dogs and I were plenty in ease. the tipi was holding up and the boys just curled up outside or inside their dog houses…
Read more "Another storm on Svalbard"A brief summary on a couple years in Scandinavia… Enjoy 😉
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Philipp Bergau Polar Guiding 