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A
Dog Sled Ride and Traditional
Ways
Takashi
Shii from Japan
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Photo:
Takashi Shii
The instructor asked me time
after time if the clothes I had
on were warm enough or not.
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Around
the end of my stay in Yellow Knife, I
experienced a dog sled ride. I called on a
musher who had won the tournament of the
dogsled races more than four times.
In
his house, there were lots of trophies on
the shelves. I had a girl take my picture
in front of the shelves.
Finally,
the time came to take a ride on a dogsled
. The instructor asked me time after time
if the clothes
I
had on were warm enough or not. Because
the temperature outside wasn't so cold, I
thought my clothes were adequate.
Photo:
Takashi Shii
It was terribly freezing!! I don't know
how fast they ran, but I lost all feeling
in my hands and feet. Sometimes the snow
which the dogs kicked up hit
me.
However,
my thinking changed right after 12 dogs
started to pull the sled on the frozen
lake. It was terribly freezing!! I don't
know how fast they ran, but I lost all
feeling in my hands and feet. Sometimes
the snow which the dogs kicked up hit
me.
After
my experience on the dog sled, the
instructor told me that the body
temperature I felt decreased 20 degrees
below the current temperature. The current
temperature then was 20 degrees below
zero. So, the actual temperature I felt
was minus 40 degrees
centigrade.
Photo:
Takashi Shii
After
my ride on the dog sled, I went to see an
igloo, which is a house made of
snow.
After
my ride on the dog sled, I went to see an
igloo, which is a house made of snow.
There I had a chance to hear the stories
of the Inuit (the Eskimo people).
Of
course, I couldn't understand what they
were talking about, however, there was a
translater beside me. So, I heard some
stories about the Inuit, and he kindly
showed me some of the tools used by the
Inuit. They were things I had never seen.
He
talked about the skills he used when
traveling in the Arctic such as how to
make an igloo, how to make water from ice,
and how to hunt using their invention. I
regret that I didn't take pictures of
their tools, for I didn't have my camera
at that time.
More
about Takashi's Arctic
Experiences:
Volunteer
Work with
Children
| My
Life in the Northwest
Territories
The
Northern
Lights
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