– I looked at it darkly on Saturday, says Kvernmo, who drives dog sleds from Trøndelag to Finnmark. He will be on the starting line at the Finnmarksløpet on March 8, but has chosen to drive his dog team from his home village of Ogndal to Alta. When the storm “Ingunn” hit Sweden earlier in the week, Kvernmo had to seek shelter in a barn in Sweden. On Friday morning he started his journey north, but on Saturday another storm hit him and his twelve dogs. Together with the dogs, he sought shelter in a small cabin in Sweden when the storm got too bad. – I had control on the map where the cabin was, but I didn’t know that we were going to stay there, says Kvernmo, who adds that he has great respect for the weather that has hit him in recent days. – It started brilliantly on Friday, but then it just got worse and worse. The weather that hit us last was on the level of a hurricane. – There was more snow yesterday. So it felt much worse than “Ingunn”. Kvernmo is no stranger to challenges on tour, but it is rare that he has experienced such weather as he has had in recent days. It was almost impossible to see the dog sled after Kvernmo and the dogs had entered the small cabin in the wasteland in Sweden. Photo: Jens Kvernmo Empty for dog food On Sunday evening, Jens Kvernmo had found shelter at a slaughterhouse. There he got some reindeer meat which the dogs ate. He chose to leave the kennel in Sweden because he had gone without food for the dogs. – I had run out of dog food, but luckily a snowmobile drove past, says Jens Kvernmo, who thus got a track to drive on to the place where he can now rest and top up with food. – It can’t get worse than this Now the adventurer hopes that there will be a little less tension in everyday life and that they can have a quieter trip on their way to Alta and Finnmarksløpet. – It can’t get worse than this. The Finnmark race will be an Easter race, says Kvernmo about the arduous start of the trip from Trøndelag to Finnmark by dog team through Sweden. – Now I see light at the end of the tunnel, adds the dog handler about the weather forecast for the coming days. The adventurer Jens Kvernmo has had some very tough days in the Swedish wilderness on his way to Alta and the Finnmark race. Now he is hoping for better weather in the coming days. Photo: Hanne Wilhelms / news – Absolutely fantastic Although the weather has led to extra challenges, Kvernmo is very grateful for how it has been received in the neighboring country during the storm. – The hospitality that I have encountered on this journey so far has been absolutely fantastic, Jens Kvernmo wrote on Facebook before the second storm stopped him. Then there remained 900 kilometers to Alta and it was 35 days until the Finnmarksløpet started. The goal is to be in Alta on March 1, so that he and the dogs can get some rest before they start the 1,200 kilometer dog race.
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– The Finnmark race will be an Easter race – news Troms and Finnmark
