WE
WE WENT
WE WENT UP THERE FOR PROOF. >> Reporter: ON THE OUTSKIRTS
OF ELY, RIGHT ON THE DOORSTEP
OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS SITS
WINTERGREEN DOGSLED LODGE.
THERE, YOU WILL FIND A PACK OF
70 CANADIAN INUIT DOGS AND IN
THE MIDDLE OF THEM?
PAUL.
PAUL.
PAUL. HE
PAUL. HE WON'T TELL YOU BUT HE'S KIND
OF A BIG DEAL.
>> WE LIKE HANGING OUT IN THE
WOODS WITH OUR FOUR-LEGGED
FRIENDS.
FRIENDS.
FRIENDS. WINTER IS A WAY OF LIFE.
WE
WE HAVE
WE HAVE FOUR SOLID MONTHS OF VERY REAL WINTER, LUCKY AS.
MOST PLACES, WINTER HAS GONE
WHIMPEY BUT NOT HERE.
>> Reporter: PAUL HAS BEEN
RUNNING DOG SLEDS FOR OVER 40
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. >>
YEARS. >> WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN AT ST.
JOHN'S UNIVERSITY, AND CAME
UP., I WAS SMITTEN BY THE SCENE
OF THE WOODS AND I WAS SENT TO
FIND MY WAY TO THIS LONELY
HOMESTEAD.
HOMESTEAD. 15 MILES TO THE NEAREST
HOMESTEAD.
HOMESTEAD. A GUY LIVED HERE, A RECLUSE AT
THE TIME, WHO USED DOGS AS A
MATTER OF COURSE TO GET BACK TO
TOWN FOR SUPPLIES.
WE DEVELOPED A FRIENDSHIP.
THAT WAS WILL STEER.
>> Reporter: YES, THAT WILL
STICK HER.
STICK HER. >> OUR DOGS HEADED ACROSS THE
ARCTIC OCEAN RIGHT TO THE NORTH
POLE.
POLE.
POLE. >>
POLE. >> Reporter: THEY DID THIS IN
1986, IN 55 DAYS, WITHOUT
RESUPPLY.
RESUPPLY.
RESUPPLY. AND PAUL HAS TRAVELED TO THE
ARCTIC EVERY SPRING SINCE.
HE SPENDS HIS WINTERS IN ELY,
TAKING PEOPLE INTO THE WOODS AT
THE SPEED OF DOG.
>> THERE IS AN ART.
IT TAKES FINESSE TO CONTROL THE
SLED.
SLED.
SLED. YOU
SLED. YOU NEED A LITTLE BODY ENGLISH
TO STEER THE SLED.
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW IS HANG ON
AND BE MINDFUL OF THE BRAKES.
IT'S
IT'S JUST
IT'S JUST AN AMAZING WORLD WAITING TO BE ENJOYED.
A LOT OF FOLKS ARE SHY ABOUT
WINTER.
WINTER.
WINTER. EVERYBODY LOVES DOGS.
THESE WONDERFUL CREATURES ARE
NOT SNOWMOBILES WITH FUR.
THEY ARE UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS AND
THAT'S PART OF THE FUN.
ALL THOSE DOGS, COLORS, COATS,
SIZES, AND ALL THOSE
PERSONALITIES.
PERSONALITIES. JUST BEING WITH THE DOGS IS
LIKE BEING WITH FRIENDS.
ONCE THEY ARE OUT, ALL IS RIGHT
TO BE IN THE WORLD, HERE IN THE
SNOW SCAPE.
SNOW SCAPE. FEEDING THE DOGS IS A BEAUTIFUL
EXPERIENCE.
YOU
YOU ARE
YOU ARE NOT JUST MAKING MILES IN THE SNOW, YOU'RE MAKING
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE
ANIMALS THAT ARE SO INTERESTING
AND SO SPIRITED.
>> Reporter: PAUL LOVES IT
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. >>
HERE. >> WE EMBRACE BEING OUT HERE
ALL WINTER.
ALL WINTER. >> Reporter: EMBRACES THE SNOW,
THE COLD, AND HE LOVES THE DOGS.
>> MY APPRECIATION FOR THESE
ANIMALS AND MY FRIENDSHIP FOR
THEM IS WHAT HAS REALLY GROWN.
ALMOST LIKE A LOVE AFFAIR THAT
HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS.
THE EARLY DAYS WAS THE
ADRENALINE RUSH, RACING THE
ODDS.
ODDS.
ODDS. WHAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD CONSIDER
A FORBIDDING ENVIRONMENT.
NOW, I JUST ENJOY THE
RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE BUILT WITH
THE DOGS.
THE DOGS.
THE DOGS. THERE IS NO LIMIT TO HER THAT
CAN GO.
>>
>> THAT
>> THAT IS BEAUTIFUL. IF YOU WANT TO TRY OUT
DOGSLEDDING, PAUL OFFERS UP A
VARIETY OF TRIPS FROM AN
AFTERNOON ON THE TRAILS TO
SEVERAL DAYS OUT IN THE COLD
WILDERNESS.
WILDERNESS. YOU JUST HEAD TO
WWW.DOGSLEDDING.COM FOR ALL THE
INFORMATION YOU MIGHT NEED.
WE ALSO WANT TO SHARE A BEHIND-
THE-SCENES LOOK AT HOW MUCH
WORK IT ACTUALLY TAKES TO GET
SOME OF THE PICTURES YOU JUST
SAW.
SAW.
SAW. LAYING DOWN IS KARLI, OUR
PHOTOJOURNALIST.
PHOTOJOURNALIST. THAT'S HER HANGING OFF THE
FRONT OF A DOGSLED.
TO SAY SHE GOES OVER AND ABOVE,
AND BEYOND TO CAPTURE THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS IN THIS
SERIES IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT AND
WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE HER
ON THE BREAKING THE NEWS TEAM.
I THERE IS SOMETHING YOU WOULD
LIKE TO SEE KARLI DUE IN 360,
EMAIL US AT MN AND 360@CARE.COM.