About
Joe Henderson and his loyal malamute companions of Alaskan Arctic Expeditions have explored the most remote regions of Alaska over the past 30 years. Joe is an expert dog musher, trainer, arctic traveler and wilderness survivalist. He and his team have experienced the most extreme weather conditions imaginable with no shelter to speak of other than Joe's tried and true arctic tent design. Joe is one of the few explorers in history who has spent countless months traveling solo in one of the most brutal environments in North America.
Joe has trained various breeds of working dogs throughout his life. As he made his way north from Michigan where he grew up, he stumbled upon the Alaskan Malamute and used them to help him haul goods and supplies during his days in Canada and Alaska’s arctic. Since then, he has established one of the most resilient, hard-core malamute dog sledding teams in modern times. He shares a special bond with his malamutes and each one is an integral part of his family.
Andrea Loveland, Joe's wife, is Alaskan Arctic Expeditions' logistics coordinator, blogger, and
webmaster. She is a structural geologist as well as a dog trainer/musher who raises the expedition pups to become fine workers and leaders. She designs extreme weather clothing accessories and prepares frozen home cooked meals for the expeditions. She adores all her malamutes and has a deep respect for their power and their rich history as Alaska's toughest dogs!
Andrea's arctic experience comes mainly from geologic field work. She has acquired her fair share of adventures during her geologic explorations in the arctic, including several close encounters with grizzly bears.
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