My arctic Spitsbergen Bracelet ( pic heavy)

2008 I´ve been on a one week dogsledding trip in the arctic near Longyearbyen/Spitsbergen. It´s been a breathtaking adventure in a landscape that left me speechless sometimes. So this winter i wanted to make a special combo to remember this adventure. That`s what I came up with. The silver mountains, chalcedonys, white, icy and blue beads remind me of the ice and snow and of course the glaciers The silvers all have a meaning. The waves and the jellyfish remind me of the polar sea, the she wolf reminds me of the 6 dogs pulling my slay (Arcus, Riva, Fjell, Rusk, Nyalla, Scott), snow reminds me of ... snow , the cells for the treasures of the soil and the svalbard global seed vauld, the brew of the moor because we had a lot of heavy fog an nearly a white-out, Eskimo Joe and the Innuit reminds me of the friendly people I met - although I know that there are no eskimos or Innuits on Spitsbergen , the polar bear is self-explanatory and the hearts because I lost a piece of my heart there

There are non-TB`s in the combo: Joe - the rbf eskimo, the "She-Wolf" bead - novo beads, and an artisan glasbead (next to the eskimo)



And thats why I had to do this:





I`m the second "musher"

Beautiful bracelet, and wonderful photos ska!

The polar regions are close to my heart (I worked in Antarctica for 2 years - sadly well after the dog teams had left, I would have loved to be involved in dog sledding), so I like this a lot.

How fabulous, the photos and the bracelet. Really stunning and great to have such a tactile memory of what must have been a really memorable trip.

Your bracelet is beautiful and captures your arctic adventure perfectly!

What an amazing experience!
Beautiful photos ska and stunning combo....

I read this article this morning and thought it has some really though provoking quotes...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-02/explorer-conquers-worlds-most-remote-island/3850110?section=world

It's the perfect Arctic tribute!

very cool!!!

Great memories to share (and quite an adventure!).
Love your combo.
The colours and silvers are perfect to represent the artic landscape.

I have one, actually two words for you combination and trip : Frosty cool !!!

Beautiful bracelet, such shivery cool colours! Love the she wolf bead...

chillingly good!!

Wow, I am blown away by this! That is a dream trip for me. Is dog sledding (not sure if that is the proper term) something you regularly engage in? Or did you train special for the trip? I bet it was amazing to be there. And your combo is a gorgeous representation of the trip.

Awesome...thanks for sharing.

Thanks for sharing the photos, they are breathtaking. Love the eskimo and the combo.

Your bracelet is truly inspired and beautiful. I love the artisan bead and the glacier-blue glow of the Dichroic Ice. Thank you for all the wonderful photographs and the stories behind your bead selections. I just heard a tale Friday night from a friend who also did a dog-sled trip. She called it her number one life experience. Did your dogs stop for the command "Whoa!" or did they finally halt for "Goddammit! I said STOP!"

Just splendid!

wow! breathtaking! both the bracelet and the experience! I hope someday I can do something like this! something that is once in a life time opportunity!

Awesome in the true sense of the word! Also, spectacular! What a perfect way to remember.

WOW that is an amazing bracelet, you capture the arctic so well!
My parents had siberian huskies when I was a child and I spent every winter dogsledding , it is an incredible feeling. The silence, just the dogs paws on the snow and their breathing, how I miss that!

Simply stunning..both the combo and the pics!! Very fitting tibute to your arctic adventures!!

Thank you so much for your friendly replies - it means a lot to me

Is dog sledding (not sure if that is the proper term) something you regularly engage in? Or did you train special for the trip?

I`ve never been dogsledding before, but I always wanted to. And I didn`t train for the trip... They told us it`s okay for beginners - and it was. Sometimes it`s been hard - especially when we had to go over a mountain pass... We had to jump off the sled, because it`s been to heavy for the dogs, but when we jumped off, the dogs got so fast, that it was nearly impossible to keep in step with them But altogether it was really practicable for me, although I´m definitely not sporty

Did your dogs stop for the command "Whoa!" or did they finally halt for "Goddammit! I said STOP!"

Something like that We had to give them norwegian commands. Stop was "Stå!". Sounds "Stoar" or something like that... Of course the dogs didn`t stop when I shouted "Stå!" but they got definitely slower and so I´ve been able to step on the "break" and throw the anchors.

What a wonderful trip, do you work with dogs. The trip is clearly reflected in your
Bracelet. I can feel the cold and excitement , congrats and thanks for sharing.

Beautiful

Beautiful, meaningful bracelet and awesome pics!

Wonderful combinations. I'm all shivery just looking at them!