Guarding our territory through 17 summer seasons

Territorial patrolling in the same forest 17 summer seasons.

Summer heat in june.

Resting in the shade.

Altitude walk in may.

Canicross in the Arctic

A guest photographer and sled-dog enthusiast from Barentsburg, Svalbard;  Елена Викторовна,  took this photo of a canicross runner with a pure Chuckchi sled dog.  The Chuckchi sled dog is an ancient breed from Siberia, and possibly akin to the original working dog imported to Alaska in the early 1900s by the norwegian Leonard Seppala that later became the prototype for his Seppala huskies. Photo courtesy: Елена Викторовна 

Two of my pure Seppala huskies back in the mid 1990s.  Tough, hardy, stayer and enduring sled dogs.  

Covered in dense fur.

Give us a sunny day; and we are all satisfied

April morning

Cold mornings, approximately minus 10 at dawn, provide a solid surface to run on. Nothing can be compared to such a fresh and crispy dayspring.  Springtime of the day and springtime of the year. It is April!