Kinds of Winter : Four Solo Journeys by Dogteam in Canada’s Northwest Territories / Dave Olesen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olesen, Dave, 1957- author.

Series:

Life writing series.

Life writing series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Olesen, Dave, 1957---Travel--Northwest Territories.

Olesen, Dave.

Winter--Northwest Territories.

Winter.

Snow camping--Northwest Territories.

Snow camping.

Dogsledding--Northwest Territories.

Dogsledding.

Northwest Territories--Description and travel.

Northwest Territories.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 251 pages) : illustrations, maps

Distribution:

Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2014.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A veteran dog musher, Dave Olesen finished the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race eight times. After a fifteen-year career as a sled dog racer, Olesen set out to fulfill a lifelong dream. In four successive winters he steered his dogs and sled on long trips away from his remote Northwest Territories homestead, setting out in turn to the south, east, north, and west, and home again to Hoarfrost River. His narrative ranges from the personal and poignant musings of a dogsled driver to loftier planes of introspection and contemplation. Olesen describes his journeys day by day, but this book is not merely an account of his travels. Neither is it yet another offering in the genre of “wide-eyed southerner meets the Arctic,” because Olesen is a firmly rooted northerner, having lived and travelled in the boreal outback for over thirty years. Olesen’s life story colours his writing: educated immigrant, husband and father, professional dog musher, working bush pilot, and denizen of log cabins far off the grid. He and his dogs feel at home in country lying miles back of beyond. This book demolishes many of the clichés that imbue writings about bush life, the Far North, and dogsledding. It is a unique blend of armchair adventure, personal memoir, and thoughtful, down-to-earth reflection.

Contents:

Compass Points, Over the Boulders, Eager

South

East

North

West

Afterword

Appreciations and Acknowledgements

Appendix A: Food, Gear, and Some Notes on Winter Camping

Appendix B: The Dogs and Their Care

Appendix C: Some Tricks for Dead-Reckoning Navigation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781771121187

1771121181

9781771121316

1771121319

9781771120692

177112069X

OCLC:

898085942