We are Joe Henderson and Andrea Loveland. We live in the beautiful Golden Heart of Alaska in the Two Rivers area with our baby girl, our black lab (Melvin), and 36 purebred Alaskan Malamutes. We conduct remote dog sledding expeditions during the winter and fly-fish like there’s no tomorrow all summer.
Please visit our main website at alaskanarcticexpeditions.com.
Cool that you said yes to coming to Norway. I will come and listen. My “nyhetsblog” is in English, I am currently buliding a log cabin in the mountains. I have notified the Norwegian Alaskan malamute club, though mine are siberians……
Benedicte Ingstad ( the daughter of the famous Helge Ingstad (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helge_Ingstad) the arctic explorer, says she can meet you if you want.
She lives in Oslo.
You can mail or call me.
Johanne
Very nice to meet you both at least online anyways
nice blog and nice dogs…you guys are an inspiration to toher mal mushers like me…I see your web site and I wanna get out there more with our mals. hope to mee you in person one day.
Blessings!
Tim McElravy
Hello Joe and Andrea,
Can you tell me what the current status of your most recent litter and pups. I am a recreational musher and have been approached by a skijorer to help locate a female malamute pup to purchase. Do you have anything available or do you have any litters in the making ??? Thank you both in advance.
Hi Brian,
Thanks for the inquiry. We don’t have any pups for sale at the moment, but we are planning a litter for spring, so please keep in touch.
Wow, such great pics and adventures you have posted! We really enjoy looking at your pics while our 2 mals are sitting by our sides.
We have a male and a female, which are both 3 yrs old. We adopted them from Moonsong Mal Resuce in Idaho, what a great experience for us! Our first mal was also a rescue and was the best.
Look forward to seeing more pics soon!
P.S.-We especially enjoyed the pics of northern WYO, as we lived in Sheridan for a while, and I still work there, love it!
I have been looking for a pair of caribou fur mukluks and cannot seem to find what I’m looking for for sale. I have seen the ones you have on your kit list and they look like jsut what I need for my expedition.
Rgds Tristan
P.s. your web site I an absoloute gen of a resource.
Do you know where I can get a DVD of the Alaska Dogs documentary? I’m having no luck but really enjoyed watching it on “Animal Planet” the other night and would love for my husband to see it. Thanks ~ Maeke (Mi-ka)
Hi Maeke,
I think Animal Planet might release it as a DVD at some point, but I don’t think it’s available yet. As we get more information from the producers of “Alaska Dogs” we’ll be sure to let you know what we find out.
Glad you enjoyed the documentary!
-Andrea
In the meantime, though, it looks like Animal Planet is still airing the show. The TV schedule on their website indicates it will air again on January 27th, 2011.
-Andrea
Wow, how exciting to read of your life in Alaska. I am a friend of your parents in Jackson and knew you when you were a young boy some 4o years ago or so.
Thanks, time sure does fly awfully fast. Its been an adventure, that’s for sure. 40 years ago seems like yesterday!!
Thank you Joe for all of the incredible Photo’s and friending me on Face Book. We share the Love of the malamute. Your Photo’s and Stories are so Wonderful. I know the hardships you face everyday are nothing less then mind boggling for most of us, but yet, you show us all a peace and incredible spirit you and your dogs share daily, like it is a sunny day in the tropics. Thank you for sharing this special Bond and Incredible journey with the World it is breath taking. A True Fan Gail in Oregon.
Thank you Gail for your comments. You are truly a kind person and very inspiring. It’s amazing how folks from around the world whom share the same passion can inspire each other, but the Alaskan malamute is like the glue that bonds us together.
The Malamute is an Amazing Dog. They are unlike any other breed I have trained or worked with in my years of training. They teach something very special.
I so love to watch your story and all of the “incredible Photo’s” you post, they are a real Journey of Passion and strenght of the heart, both for you and your Amazing dogs.
Thank you for sharing this story with all of us as I know there are those who would love to have the chance to go, but it would never have been, without for your Photo’s.
I would Love to get a copy of your Book, can you tell me how to get it and do you sign any of them for Fans ? Thank you again and I can’t wait to see the next Chapter.
Be Safe out there, and God be with you and the dogs on your Journey.
Gail
Thanks Gail! My book, Malamute Man: Memoirs of an Arctic Traveler, can be purchased through Amazon.com or from our website http://www.alaskanarcticexpeditions.com Thank you for your overly generous comments. God Bless-
Joe
hi you two, went to school with joe and his siblings.. lived 2 doors away from him and his family.. how cool .. that is definitely on my bucket list.. alaska and whales.. if you ever come to jackson michigan again I would love to get in touch
What you do is amazing.
I’m 16 years old and have a four dog Alaskan malamute team I started at age 13 and seeing a team of 20+ dogs cooperating like yours do just blows me away. I can’t even get my four to work together all the time. How one earth do you do it!?
Thank you for being an inspiration.
Ash
Also I read a comment that you may have puppies available in spring? would you keep me posted or send me info at: Rhythmpaws@aol.com I’m looking to find a female pup to train in as a new lead dog. I want to do some small races, but I have a very hard time trusting my dogs not to eat other dogs….any advice?
Adorable family! Haven’t emailed you in quite some time Joe. Just wanted to let you know through the family grapevine, that your mom gave my grandma your book to read. She can’t put it down. She’s really enjoying the stories, and is on the phone sharing them with her daughters. Thanks for sharing. I can’t wait to read it, and maybe meet you all one day.