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| It
all started when I was a little girl. I was 10 years old when I
saw for the first time a film about a dog sledding expedition.
And I started dreaming, imagining that I could do just that:
Drive a dog sled in the North... I bothered my parents for many years about getting a dog, but the answer was always the same: "When you'll be living on your own, you can have as many dogs as you want..." In 1997, I adopted my first dog, Inuk, while performing field work for my Master's Degree in Kuujuuaraapik, in Northern Quebec. When I left, Inuk was just old enough to leave his mother... Then I moved to the Yukon in 1999. That's where I tried dog sledding for the first time. Then in 2000, I moved to Inuvik where I worked as a biologist with the Inuit in the Arctic Islands. During my first winter, I had about 12 dogs. The winter after, I had 30... |
 Ready for a long hike |
 My cabin |
I
moved back to the Yukon and had to sell my dogs. Then I met
William Kleedehn who offered me to train and race his young dogs.
That's how I ended up, 18 years after having heard about dog mushing
for the first time, on the runners of a dog sled, at the start of one
of the longest sled dog races in the world: the Yukon Quest. I now live in a cabin just outside of Carcross, a small community south-west of Whitehorse, Yukon. After training and racing other people's young dogs for three years, I rebuilt my own kennel and now I train and race only my own dogs. |
| I
now work for the Yukon Government, Department of Environment, either
for the Fisheries section or in the lab measuring sheep horns, bear
skulls and doing all kinds of other things. I also teach first aid
courses and work as a carpenter once in a
while. In my spare time, I enjoy dancing, swimming, biking,
paddling, hiking, well... all the outdoor stuff! I also
really like traveling and I am learning Spanish now... |
 Bike Race |
Last update: June 20, 2007