Learning the elements of survival on an Alaskan wilderness adventure.
SEAN PENG/dancewithlight.com
The far north is a good place to be alone with ones thoughts.
We arrived at the homestead in time for a lunch of gamy and flavorful moose stew.
Jenna Jonas leads a team of sled dogs near her Alaska homestead.Credit:SEAN PENG/dancewithlight.com
An outhouse, protected by birchbark walls, stood about a minutes hike away.
David stopped to point out the tracks of lynx and otters.
Back at the cabin, we helped untie and rehouse the dogs.
The snowcat runs on gasoline, but other than that, we werent participating in much capitalism.
I kept my phone charged in the lodge and left it there for most of our daytime adventures.
Nothing we did felt like tourism.
We had hoped to see the elusive northern lights.
Alas, it was cloudy on both nights.
