Kinds of Winter: Four Solo Journeys by Dogteam in Canada's Northwest Territories

by Dave Olesen

Book Overview

After a fifteen-year career as a sled dog racer, musher Dave Olesen turned his focus away from competition and set out to fulfill a lifelong dream.

Over the course of 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 four cardinal compass points―south, east, north, and west―and home again to Hoarfrost River.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771121319
• ISBN13: 9781771121316
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"