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100 bart is living the dream. in his winter wonderland in sweden's lapland. he owns a husky farm, with 50 dogs. ah, the sled dog handler. better known as a mosher has lived here for 5 years. is made lapland, his home, along with his partner kirsten pillar. their love of dogs brought them here with the new the i followed him, shit and wounded. when you 1st get the sled dog bug, it's very hard to stop guns. working with sled dogs is a bit more than just owning dogs on threats written when i try the dogs than me and the dog trusts me. your when tom, you see this cooperation best in difficult situations and moment. all right. how's you? don't forget it. i'm a wench. feelings adored susan's moment when you've been in a snowstorm a few times or been pushed to the limit that was and your dogs bring you home now

howard, because they trust you and you give the responsibility to the dogs on a business trip. there isn't so much potentials and it is also fun, ireland. does my total does much bosses. ah, andreas and kirsten have been together since 1996. 2 years ago their relationship was put to the test. oh. in late summer 2017. they decided to take on an epic challenge, norway's bag below, at sled dog race, the northern most race in the world. it meant lots of work for the pair who come from northern germany. triology to us when i used to do this for the children repairing things and sighing. now i do it for the dogs,

i would have never dreamt of doing that before. ah, ah. 10 weeks before the race the 1st snow has fallen for andreas. that means the start of the tourist season forge a month for her business. it will feel a little weird at 1st. you think it's stable, but it moves a bit, but it's okay. you get used to it? i mean, oh, this is andrea earns a living by offering tourists rides. that means training for the race is not always possible. for monday, i'm be 2 and hudson fall when you want to race. there is a clash between training for such a big event and offering tours goes always we want to do both with and in. we want our guests to be happy like it was not to the author suggested to freedom with.

sometimes he has to train in darkness while also doing tours. andreea's wants to do 3500 kilometers of training before the race. every one counts. training is going well until 5 weeks before the race when cast in decide she is too stressed and busy at home to take part. yeah. hm. oh, i'm going to pay him. we have a young couple who can help in state and for lesson, we have a 1000 present faith and then as i said, but the guy doesn't know he's free to come. if the girl francie comes alone, then i think it is easier if she goes with andrea. i would love to, but it's fine if it works out with trans. see 20 clapton tom and then we'll still have a vet. so that's okay. look, i think it is something you would never forget. so a yard to my kirsten is irreplaceable aston isley jackson. what can i say?

oh ah! a few days before the race. francie arrives alone. her partner couldn't come. you cast him wants to stay home to help the workers on the farm. francie will support andreas in the race or will make the best of it. and i think the francy is tough enough to knock on it glow. i reckon she can keep her cool better than me. i'm always a bit too of a excited murphy when the time comes andreas and kirsten of train for over half a year and have sacrificed a lot. now andreea's will have to face the challenge without casting fees while hafun ah,

and $45.00 participants from 5 countries or at the start of the burg. a beloved andrea's face is a 350 kilometer trick. over the next few days, the marcia and his dogs will head into norway's arctic circle for the 1st leg. ice cold winds and temperatures as low as 40 degrees below celsius will push them to the limits. regular breaks will be necessary. the physical strain is enormous and the dogs need to recover. okay, mental concentration is also crucial for both man and dog. after

5 and a half hours and joyous and his dogs reached the 1st checkpoint invite so they've managed around 70 kilometers. okay. for english and spanish, it was quite a relaxed 1st leg. one of the dogs found their rhythm after about 2. he kilometers for advantage. of course it wasn't easy on the quick of a lie down now and have a rest. the quicker we can recover. the last one and then we'll see rome new. the brakes are just as important in the race as the long runs. too little sleep for the dogs and the marcia can have dramatic consequences. ah,

while andrea sets off again after 4 hours, rest of the sled dog races are taking the 1st injured dogs out of the event. andreas has no such problems. and on the 2nd leg, he makes some real progress. piecing on checkpoint always and on the dos, flew out of the checkpoint and have pushed themselves more than before and gotten the we had 70 tough kilometers before. at the moment things are clicking into place, but we're not even in the halfway point. so my flight ah, on the next leg, things continue to go smoothly. ah . the partnership with francy is working well. when he rests, she takes care of the dogs. ah.

but the race has left its mark on undress. it is now the 1st day, and he is only really slept for 3 hours in total. the journey through the darkness has become a real test to someone's cuz now we've got another 105 kilometers. when and then my friend would, we can go home if the whole ah, the finish line is drawing ever nearer but they're stay at a checkpoint, is far longer than expected. mm. mm mm. shouldn't happen. but it's one of those things. a look at his sure. i got a feeling that a nuke was just to tie it, and i went to speak to the vet and they confirmed it,

and the dog must be pulled out of the race. you have to give the dog to your specific handler. then only then can you leave the checkpoint? put asked for lawson government seesaw in brooklyn law suntrust rule. mm. because she had her phone off of willows. and we've been standing around here for 6 hours. that is 6 hours in the darkness. andrea's had been trying to contact francy without success. the rules say only francy can take the exhausted dog. lou, such as her hat and have made a big mistake and i'm paying for it and i was asleep and i put my phone on silent a sort of habit. it was really bad. hadn't i had a missed due to the last time the torch? batteries are running low, as well as the phone battery,

after all those calls. carrying on now is not possible. 100 kilometers from the end and address his dream of completing the race is over as far as the set up. and i know he was extremely unhappy, he put so much work and money into it. i mean, we could have had tourists here for those 2 weeks. he's well aware of that himself, timothy said, but i know, and he knows that i will totally back him again in the future. i hate it, but i think it was clear the very next day that he wanted to try it again. and 1st i said that's not my mom. 1 1 2 years later and andreas, his planning to race again with a new team, he is hopeful thanks to his to li dogs, and reyes has a special relationship with clara and in ari good, i tuned him good lead dogs are often very sensitive, very intelligent limousine. they have to find the trail in all weathers and deal with the pressure and have solid endurance does is also coordinate if there are 8

to 10 dogs behind her rushing too much, then it is mentally tiring for the dogs. but not every dog does that. dogs like in ari or clara, or a pleasure to work with a via the navi he or to be club auditors are shown in reason to shank related will knowledge to do over lee dogs like clara undine, ari of the extended arm of the moisture and the most important animals on the teen . wow. you have to move them to wagner. so i had the experience in the past that the girls are really tough when they get in difficult situations, have been shadow hom, a guy's work hard to, but there is nothing to complain about all of them. but when it comes to the real thing, then it's often these seemingly normal female dogs who put their heads down and go through a blizzard. and you stand back and think, how is that possible? but they just do it a part. good johnny. so what i'll do, man, i address his dream of completing a long distance sled race lives on. he even wants francy at his side again. next

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