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February 2012

February 23, 2012

Engineering a Snow Bridge

Joe and the team are having a great expedition season.  Aside from the occasional blinding ice fog, the weather has been really nice, which is so unusual for February.  I keep checking the NOAA website for the northeastern Brooks Range, a link to which is in the sidebar, and it’s consistently reporting much warmer temperatures […]

February 19, 2012

2012 Expedition Rookies: The Fab 5

This year, Joe has five rookies on the expedition. That’s the most he’s ever had at once. Normally he likes to start the season off with the rookies in harness tethered to the side of the sled rather than in the team, that way they can get into the groove of expedition life without the […]

February 11, 2012

The 2012 Arctic Expedition is on!

Whew!! It was a heck of a rough start and I don’t mean on the trail with the team. It was a real challenge this year just to get out of town. Between vehicle issues and blizzard conditions bringing traffic to a halt on the Haul Road, the commencement of the expedition was delayed a […]

February 1, 2012

Thank you!

Thanks for your support on Joe’s new book!  It’s currently the #3 Best Seller in the Arctic Polar Region category on Amazon!  We invite you to share reviews on Amazon.com.  Feedback is a good thing!