Ketil Reitan
Ketil has been dogsledding since 1978. Educated with a Masters Degree in Fishery Science from the University of Tromsø, specialized in Inuit whaling.
I have lived in Alaska for seven years. We lived in the village of Kaktovik, on the northeast coast of Alaska, where my wife Evelyn Anguyak comes from. Kaktovik is an inuit village with a population of 320. There are no roads to Kaktovik, and it is an hour and a half airplane trip to the nearest town, Fairbanks.
Here I went hunting by dog sled. I hunted caribou, dall sheep, moose, musk ox, wolf, wolverine and goose. The Inuit hunted the bowhead whale every fall. I also have been whaling for seven seasons with my Father-in-law’s whaling crew. My father-in law, Herman Aishanna, was a very respected, hunter and whaler in Kaktovik.
During the winter I entered in some of the famous dog sled races in Alaska. In 1989 I ran the Yukon Quest (1600 kilometers) which is considered to be the world's toughest dogsled race. I have run the world's most famous dogsled race, "The Iditarod", which is (1800 kilometers-1100 miles) long, four times 91,92,93,94. In 91 after the Iditarod, three weeks later I also entered a race that started from Nome, Alaska and ended in Anadyr in Siberia (2000 kilometers) called Hope 91 using the same dogs. In 1992 in the Iditarod I came in 10th place, competing against 75 of the world’s best dog mushers. My kennel (Hulahula kennel) consisted of only 20 dogs...
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