Arctic Blizzard

This footage was taken during a blizzard in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in March 2009 on a 3 month dog sledding expedition.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Alaskan Malamute
• dog sledding
• blizzard

[KingScar06]

You didn't seem to wear anything on your eyes. Won't it be really painful and dangerous to expose your eyes in those temperatures?

[ArcticExpeditions]

@KingScar06 - The problem with goggles is that they get plastered with snow and then you can't see. The fur ruff on my hood deflects the wind so it doesn't bother my eyes, but I do have to pull the ice off my eyelashes constantly.

[alaskanmal63]

looks very cold. How cold is it? How do you and the dogs handle this? .

[ArcticExpeditions]

It was about -50 or -60 Fahrenheit with the windchill. I usually don't stay outside the tent too long and we don't travel unless we have to in these conditions. The dogs just curl up and put their muzzles under their tails and sleep. They never have any trouble. They stay comfortable.

[Satanmustdie1]

Huskies are gorgeous dogs, I love it when they dig into the snow and lay there.

[weatherworld123]

very pleasent weather a fine day for alaska lol i know that it can be warm in summer though.

[BlackSeranna]

Wow! Scary!



[scrillah81]

Damn! I still can't believe that those dogs were able to withstand that cold weather!!!!! Those dogs are amazing! Too bad I live here in sunny southern California or else I would get myself a Siberian Husky or an Alaskan Malamute.

[CornFedArmen]

@ArcticExpeditions i'm glad he's been lucky. it's still a risk i wouldn't take. but to each his own way of life :)

[Ypipable]

@NameTaken1000 oh, well there goes the neighborhood...

[NameTaken1000]

@kuhl2007 There are actually a few out there.

[kuhl2007]

@NameTaken1000 there is no internship that will get you into this kind of situation, only being crazy enough to live up there lol.