Arctic Norway - Driving Your Own Dogs, 2008

New Year in Dividalen

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"The King's Way" - Across Sweden and Norway

Across Finnmark's Dog Plateau

Imagine the exhilaration of driving your own team. Getting to know your friendly dogs is one of the delights of the experience! These expeditions in the mountains of northern Norway, inland from Tromsø, have been organised and led by Odd-Knut Thoresen for over 12 years. They allow you to experience the excitement of standing on the runners of your sledge and driving your own team of dogs. Very little tuition is needed - the dogs know what they are doing!

Driving Your Own Dogs

Combine the excitement of dog-sledging in the Arctic with the celebration of a traditional Norwegian New Year at the home of our host - Odd-Knut Thoresen. We shall be based at a cosy cabin near Odd-Knut's home. We sledge through the forest, across fells and lakes and into the hills before returning each night to our warm home. There will also be the opportunity to travel in a horse-drawn sleigh, cross-country ski, or just walk in the peace and quietness of the snow-covered countryside. If the skies are clear this is a good time to see the Aurora Borealis.

Price: £1550 (including flights)

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Driving Your Own Dogs

This is a good time for dog-sledging. In early spring the days are rapidly lengthening in Arctic Norway and the rays of the low sun in the early evening produce some beautiful colours on the snow-covered mountains. Our base is a cabin near Odd-Knut's home and kennels and, snow conditions and weather permitting, we make short, and not too taxing, dog-sledging trips through beautiful snowscapes, returning each night to our warm home.

Price: £1240

"The King's Way" - Across Sweden and Norway

Driving Your Own Dogs

This dog-sledging expedition takes us along the King's Way from the vast open plateaux and lakes of Sweden to the dramatic high peaks and rock faces of Norway. There will be opportunities for some fast dog-sledging along frozen rivers and exploration of the varied countryside around Kiruna. The expedition starts at Jukkasjårvi where there is the bizarre Ice Hotel - the largest igloo in the world which features ice sculptures, a cinema and the Absolut Ice Bar entirely carved out of ice. The itineraries and accommodation, and hence the price, vary for these expeditions please contact us for a detailed itinerary. We can arrange accommodation in the Ice Hotel at additional cost.

Price: £1600 (including flights)

Across Finnmark's Dog Plateau

Driving Your Own Dogs

Our journey follows a Sami (Lapp) centuries-old winter route across a plateau dotted with frozen lakes and views of birch and pine forests on the hills. The temperatures are truly polar but we spend the nights in heated chalets. The ten-day trip may spend Day 9 watching the start of the Finnmark 1,000 kilometre dog-sledge race.

Price: £1960