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PBS ANYPLACE WILD VIDEO Mush You Huskies, Dogsledding in Minnesota 1999 PBS Anyplace Wild, Season 3, Episode 8, with Arlene Burns and Arleigh Jorgenson DAVE AND KRISTEN OLESEN Dave and Kristen are our good friends, homesteading at the mouth of the Hoarfrost River, on the northeast arm of Great Slave Lake, in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Dave's books are personal, honest, and well-written. They are great pre- or post-trip reading and great for your mushing library. North of Reliance: A Personal Story of Living Beyond the Wilderness by Dave Olesen, Kristen Olesen (Photographer) Cold Nights, Fast Trails: Reflections of a Modern Dog Musher by Dave Olesen 1998 BOOK OF THE YEAR Born to Pull by Bob Cary, Gail de Marcken (Illustrator) Beautifully illustrated and written, providing the feel of the bond between modern day mushers and their sled dogs. BALTO: SERUM RUN HERO The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto by Natalie Standiford, Donald Cook (Illustrator) reading level: 4-8 Balto and the Great Race by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel, Nora Koerber (Illustrator) reading level: 9-12 Balto VHS Outstanding animated video for children. GARY PAULSEN If you do not know Gary Paulsen, you should, or, I should say, the child in you should. Children of all ages love his books. Dogsong by Gary Paulsen reading level: 9-12 Newbery Honor Book. My personal favorite. Dogteam by Gary Paulsen, Ruth Wright Paulsen (Illustrator) reading level: 4-8 Puppies, Dogs & Blue Northers: Reflections on Being Raised by a Pack of Sled Dogs by Gary Paulsen, Ruth Wright Paulsen (Illustrator) young adult Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod by Gary Paulsen Woodsong by Gary Paulsen, Ruth Wright Paulsen (Illustrator) young adult IDITAROD Race Across Alaska: First Woman to Win the Iditarod by Libby Riddles, Tim Jones Iditarod Dreams: A Year in the Life of Alaskan Sled Dog Racer Deedee Jonrowe by Lew Freedman, Deedee Jonrowe Iditarod Dream: Dusty and His Sled Dogs Compete in Alaska's Jr. Iditarod by Ted Wood reading level: 9-12 Iditarod: The Great Race to Nome by Bill Sherwonit, Jeff Schultz (Photographer) great photos Father of the Iditarod: The Joe Redington Story by Lewis Freedman, Lew Freedma YUKON QUEST Yukon Alone: The World's Toughest Adventure Race by John Balzar TRAINING Everything I Know About Training and Racing Sled Dogs by George Attla, edited by Bella Levorson. This book is kind of like the Bible to me, each time I read it, something more is revealed or confirmed. George Attla, the "Huslia Hustler", is the "guru" of modern sled dog racing, in my opinion, and a must read. The Speed Mushing Manual: How to Train Racing Sled Dogs by Jim Welch Winning Strategies for Distance Mushers by Joe Runyan, Iditarod Champion Dog Driver: A Guide for the Serious Musher by Miki Collins, Julie Collins SKIJORING Skijor With Your Dog by Carol Kaynor, Mari Hoe-Raitto POLAR EXPEDITIONS North to the Pole by Will Steger, Paul Schurke The Last Place on Earth by Roland Huntford Norwegian explorer, Roald Amundsen, on December 14, 1911, became the first to reach the South Pole. This is his story. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander, Frank Hurley (Photographer) South: Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance Expedition VHS silent film of expedition film maker and photographer, Frank Hurley Mawson's Will: The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written by Lennard Bickel INUIT CULTURE Arctic Adventure: My Life in the Frozen North by Peter Freuchen collector's item The White Dawn by James Houston The White Dawn VHS directed by Philip Kaufman This is my all-time favorite movie! WOLVES by L. David Mech The Wolves of Minnesota: Howl in the Heartland by L. David Mech The Arctic Wolf: Ten Years With the Pack by L. David Mech The Way of the Wolf by L. David Mech The Wolf: The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species by L.David Mech Wolves of Denali by L. David Mech JIM BRANDENBURG photographer Brother Wolf: A Forgotten Promise by Jim Brandenburg White Wolf: Living with an Arctic Legend by Jim Brandenburg To The Top of the World: Adventures With Arctic Wolves by Jim Brandenburg Chased by the Light by Jim Brandenburg BARRY LOPEZ Of Wolves and Men by Barry Lopez Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape by Barry Lopez SIGURD F. OLSON A Wilderness Within: The Life of Sigurd Olson by David Backes The Singing Wilderness by Sigurd Olson, Francis Lee Jaques (Illustrator) Reflections From the North Country by Sigurd Olson, Leslie C. Kouba (Illustrator) Runes of the North by Sigurd Olson Of Time and Place by Sigurd Olson BOUNDARY WATERS AND NORTH SHORE** Dorothy Molter, Root Beer Lady by Bob Cary Tales of the Old North Shore by Howard Sivertson Up North by Sam Cook

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