Learn about our sled dogs near Alta, northern Norway

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  Description

  Come to our home in beautiful northern Norway to learn about dog mushing, racing and most importantly about our dogs 🐶
  We are Jason and Sara, from England & Germany and live together with our dogs in a small village right at the fjord, where we live in a beautiful old house, with a barn, a dog yard and lots of land.
  Our dogs are family dogs, which we purely keep for private use, we train them to race them and to spend time in nature together with them.
  At our place you would spend time together with us and the dogs outdoors, learn from us about what it takes to train a dog team to race long distance and all the small details that we do to keep them happy. You might also help us a bit in the house or if you come here in the summer, in our vegtebale garden. Learning about how to grow your own food this far north.
  Years ago we arrived in Norway through workaway and we would love to give something back to travellers that look for the same experience as we did back then.
  
  Be aware that temperatures drop to -20°C or more in winter!
  In summer it can get quite warm and we have quite a few mosquitoes around. Autumn is in general very wet.
  We are deep in the Arctic circle, that means our Winters are cold and long up here. We get a lot of snow and between December and February there is not a lot of light, as the sun does not raise in the fjord we live between November to February.
  In summer we have the midnight sun, that gives endless possibilities.
  We can loan you some dog yard clothes and cold weather gear for outdoors and we will teach you all the skills you need to enjoy time with the dogs.
  
  We are looking for someone who loves animals, is open minded, friendly and likes to have fun with the dogs and us. We would love to teach and share with workawayers what we have learned and have been tought throuhout the years.
  In your free time it is important that you are also comfortable with your own company as we are both working normal jobs. Jason works shifts and is gone every other week. We love spening time together with you when we are free too, cooking, playing card games or hiking for example. However if you are adventerous there are endless oppertunities of exploring nature around here on your own as well and we are happy to provide gear such as snowshoes, skis, bikes or tents for example.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Interests

  

  Pets

  

  Farming

  

  Plant care

  

  Gardening

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Carpentry

  

  Animals

  

  Winter sports

  

  Outdoor activities

  

  Mountain

  

  Nature

  

  Hiking

  

  Camping

  

  Adventure sports
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  You can learn and practice norwegian, english and german (Jason is english & Sara german), spend lots of time with the dogs, get to know them and of course learn about the sport, learn how to grown veggies so far north, Sara is happy to teach knitting as well!

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  Help

  We are looking for help in the garden as well as in the dog yard with our dogs. You will mainly help feeding the dogs together with us, enjoy lots of cuddles and socialization with the dogs.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  Norwegian: Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  We are happy to practice the languages we speak with you. We are speaking english at home, but if you like to we can speak norwegian and german with you too.
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  Accommodation

  You will be staying in your own bed room in our house and be sharing the living room, kitchen and bathroom with us.
  As you will be living together with us in our house we expect you to be clean & tidy and take part in the chores inside the house.
  It is important to know that we mainly eat vegetarian in the week that Jason is at work, in the week he is home there will be some meals cooked that include meat, but be aware that this is not on a daily basis.

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  What else ...

  Langfjordbotn is situated 70km away from Alta, it is a small village surrounded by lots of stunning nature. The nature around us is a great playground for both humans and animals. There are so many possibilities for outdoor activities and seeing wildlife. You can go for hikes in the mountains, at the fjords or in the valleys. There are many lakes around in which you can fish, swim or do other water sports. Cycling is also an option. In Winter you could go skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, enjoy the Northern Lights dancing in the sky.
  We have the mid-night sun in Summer, their are lots of places where you can pick berries or other goods.
  Sara is working in Alta and there is the option to join her to town on some days to explore this area. Alta has a lot to see, for example the museum, the Northern Light church, the Icehotel, The Rock Art of Alta is on UNESCO`s World Heritage-list, there's also the possibility to experience Sami-culture nearby, be a spectator at Europe's longest sled dog race in March the Finnmarksløpet, which starts and finishes in Alta. Alta also has the biggest canyon in northern Europe.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  We do have internet access and it is up to you how you use your free time, if this is working, this is your choice. Jason does smoke, however only outside.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  We have enough space to park a car or campervan.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  One

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  My animals / pets

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