After a 15-year racing career, musher Dave Olesen set out to fulfill a lifelong dream, carrying out four solo journeys by dog team, pointing in turn to the south, east, north, and west, and home again to Hoarfrost River in the Canadian north. A unique blend of armchair adventure, personal memoir, and thoughtful, down-to-earth reflection.

Dave Olesen has a B.A. in Humanities and Northern Studies. A veteran dog musher, he finished the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race eight times. Olesen has lived since 1987 on the northeast tip of Great Slave Lake with his wife, Kristen, and thirty huskies. He works as a bush pilot and guide. Kinds of Winter is his fourth book. His 1994 collection North of Reliance was re-published in a 2016 edition by Raven Productions of Ely Minnesota.

Table of Contents for Kinds of Winter: Four Solo Journeys by Dogteam in Canada's Northwest Territories by Dave Olesen

List of Illustrations

Author's Note

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

Glossary