The Fan Hitch Volume 3, Number 1, November 2000

Newsletter of the Inuit Sled Dog

Table of Contents

From the Editor
 
Featured Inuit Dog Owners:
Scott & Terry Miller
 
Nunavut Dogsledding Association
 
Update: No Resolution in Iqaluit
 
Season's Greetings from Toadhall
 
The Homecoming, Part II
 
The Russian Connection, Part II
 
Meeting Ken Pawson and Kevin Walton
 
Arctic Sojourn
 
The Ted Fox ISDI Foundation Fund
 
Book Review: 
Two Years in Antarctica
 
Janice Howls:
No Click and Treat for ISDs!
 
IMHO: 
All Breed Kennel Club Registry


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Book Review

Two Years in the Antarctic 
by Kevin Walton

reviewed by Geneviève Montcombroux

This is a very well told story of a young man's experiences in Antarctica.  First published in 1955, Two Years in the Antarctic contains many black and white photos and tells of a time when being part of a polar expedition was a real adventure. In keeping with others who have worked in Antarctica, Kevin Walton emphasizes the awesome beauty of this ice-locked land. It was also a time when the principal means of transport was by dog team, itself an exhilarating adventure.  The dogs, which they called huskies, were far more than just beasts of burden. "We have, I know, all come back from Antarctica with a love and affection for huskies, deeper and more personal than the most sentimental among us believed possible." These were the original Canadian Inuit dogs from Labrador, Canada. 

Reading Two Years in the Antarctic is like taking a step back in time to an age when there was no Internet, no computer, no television, or cell phone. Radio transistors had not yet discovered. This book would make a welcome addition to the library of history buffs, armchair adventurers and sled dogs lovers. 

It is available directly, for £15.00 Sterling, from: 
                    Kevin Walton 
                    Fossils Bluff, 
                    Colwall, 
                    Malvern 
                    Worcestershire 
                    WR13 6PR 
                    United Kingdom 
 

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