We started out from the kennel with 14 Siberian Huskies divided into three teams.
The first day we got clear and nice Lapland weather and ended up in a tent tipi. We drilled a waterhole, prepared the dog food, made fire, cooked dinner and had a very nice evening.
After a short jogging run in the snow we finally got in to our winter sleeping bags.
By 2 AM I woke up because it was so cold. I had to get the fire burning again and had to keep it burning until 8 o’clock in the morning. We got a cold night in our sleeping bags.
At home in Jokkmokk it was -20°C in the morning but by our camp I think it was around
-30°C during the night. The humidity probably made it feel colder. Usually we have no problem in -30°C with the same equipment.
The next night was spent in a nice and warm timber hut. After the cold night in the tipi it felt like HILTON á la Lapland.
Dave and Dwight did a good job as mushers also the last day when we drove back home to Jokkmokk. During three days we covered approx 100 km with the dog teams.
/Matti
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