Spend a year as a sled dog handler and learn everything about these wonderful creatures in Ramfjordbotn, Norway

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  Description

  We are offering a paid training and then working opportunity to spend this winter in the Arctic Norway with 114 sled dogs in a tourist company, learning everything about these wonderful creatures and what it means to be a sled dog guide. Our promise is that you will have a great time here, and that we teach you all you need to be able to work as a sled dog guide anywhere in the North, including but not limited to staying with us.
  
  (With this being a contracted and paid position, we need you to be either an EU citizen or have your Norwegian working visa sorted in order to be employed legally. We would also ask for a longer commitment, preferably a year with a holiday included of course.)
  
  A little about us: we are a company that is providing winter dogsledding tours in our two kennels of around 150 dogs, operating in a quite remote area that is still close to Tromsø, Norway, in Ramfjordbotn. What we aim for in general is to have a few more people in our small, close-knit international team who have an affection towards dogs, are nice and helpful and kind persons that like to smile and make other people smile, and have an interest in outdoor life above the Arctic Circle. Yes, we are involved in tourism, and we try our best to do it the right, sustainable (we are proudly Eco-Lighthouse certified) and respectful way, so that it keeps being fun for everybody involved, no matter the amount of legs they have.
  
  A little about you: you don't need any experience with sled dogs, but it sure helps if you are happy among them in general, and are a fast learner who can embrace constant change and irregularity (both in weather and in everyday operations), take frequent early failure as a step towards learning, are always cool under pressure, plucky, and very adept at handling problems in a swift and expeditious manner. But most importantly be a nice, kind, patient, honest, trustworthy, curious character with a good heart. The rest we can teach you.
  
  The camp in which we look help for is located in Breivikeidet, about 50 minutes from Tromsø, where the colds are not so cold (we rarely end up below -25C that is) and the circumstances not so rustic, so it's a great place if you want to carefully dip your toes into the Arctic life.
  
  As mentioned, we need you to be either an EU citizen or have your Norwegian working visa in order to be employed legally. We would want you to be committed to stay for the summer and winter season, because they are very different, and there's a lot to learn in both about both the dogs and yourself, and there's not much point in leaving exactly when you would start to get to feel at home and at ease. And we expect a genuine care and a sense of responsibility towards our dogs, our guests and also each other, to make sure everyone involved has a great time.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  S’occuper des animaux
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Our team right now consists of Norwegian, German, Hungarian, Slovenian, French, Dutch, Swiss, Finnish, Slovakian and Spanish people and more, so yes, you'll meet a lot of people with a lot of different life stories - what brings us to the Arctic is different for everyone. What you'll technically learn is mostly described above, but you'll also learn a lot about our wonderful animals, and hopefully just as much about yourself and what you are capable of once you are stepping out of your comfort zone - and we will be there to help you make it a great experience.

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  L’hôte offre un salaire correspondant au salaire minimum

  Cet hôte offre l'hébergement et une rémunération.

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  Aide

  We are looking for more persons in our team of dogsledding handlers and guides, who take the utmost care of our more than 100 Alaskan huskies, and make sure our guests have a great time on their dogsledding adventures as well.
  
  Your winter workdays (40 hours of work per week) will consist of feeding the dogs, cleaning the camp, getting the sleds and the equipment ready for our dogsledding tours, and helping out with everything that can happen in a kennel. You'll join plenty of the dogsledding tours, learning what a guide does and how, with an eye on being able to guide your own tours as well. You talk to our guests, educate them about the dogs and Arctic life in general, and help them have the greatest day of their lives. In the summer you get to spend lots of quality time with the dogs in our freerun areas, be part of some building projects, go on the occasional hike and enjoy the beautiful scenery. And in the autumn it's time to train the dogs for the winter season and see how they develop.
  
  But most importantly you will have a chance to build honest and meaningful relationships with the other people here and the dogs, and learn a ton while having a great time in a great place with good-natured colleagues. At the end of every day you'll be tired - but the good tired.

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  Langues parlées

  Allemand: Courant
  Anglais: Courant
  Espagnol: Courant
  Hungarian: Courant
  Norwegian bokmål: Courant

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  Hébergement

  You'll have your own room in a shared house, with two bathrooms, a kitchen and a living room - so showers, warm waters, wifi. In regular intervals you'll sleep with the dogs in the cabin next to the dogyard.
  
  It's best to get to the nearest town every once in a while to stock up your food supplies, so you can either cook for yourself or join forces with the others to experience the different styles. Just remember to be patient and accepting so as to get along nicely with everyone - it's much nicer in the dark winter days that way.

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  Autres infos...

  Our kennel is situated in a lovely, picturesque valley. Apart from the surrounding mountains with opportunities to do most slopeside sports if you are not afraid of a little upwards climb first, Breivikeidet also has a small beach by walking distance. Public transportation is scarce, but in tourist season we have buses going back and forth between the camps and Tromsø city, and there are numerous great hiking spots as well in both areas. As long as you like nature, you won't be bored.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  Yupp there is wifi, with a speed of around 2.5Mbps on bad days and much faster on good ones

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  Arctic type of dogs happy and fit for living both inside with humans and outside with the pack are welcome.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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  Mes animaux

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