Work with us
Are you passionate about dogsledding, nature and the outdoors? Then we might be the right place for you! We love to hear from enthusiastic, passionate people! If you are interested in joining our little team and family, please check our vacancies and send your application.
We offer long-term positions related to guiding, house-keeping and carpentry. And summer volunteering positions to assist with the daily farm-life.
More details below!
Join the team
Hello, and thanks for your interest in joining our lifestyle!
We are Delphine and Espen, a French Norwegian couple living beyond the polar circle with our dogs. We have organised tours together since 2017. We have 1 teenager living with us part time. Our team consists of 4 humans and 33 Alaskan huskies, plus some chickens and cats.
We offer seasonal outdoor adventures to our guests. Mainly with our dogs, but also sailing, skiing, hiking, canoeing...
We work hard all together to give our guests the best possible experiences - and our animals the best possible life! We prioritise applications for long-term positions.
Requirements
- Animal-lover
- EU citizen or work holiday visa
- Social and inter-personal skills
- Professional experience in farming, tourism, house-keeping, carpentry, mechanics
- Fluent in English (work language)
- Driving licence
- Positive and hard-working mindset
- Preferably non-smoker
- Please be aware that cleaning, tidying and packing represent 50% of the work!
Interested?
Seeking motivated, positive and hard-working persons : it's not a 9 to 5 job but it's our lifestyle! It’s important that you are flexible (and so are we), as it is long days in a rustic environnement. Couples are welcome. You will receive working clothes, holiday allowance and full health coverage under our company insurance.
The positions are always a mix of 50% dog-related tasks, and something else : typically 50% carpentry or 50% house-keeping. The website might show a lot of adventures - but our real daily life is very grounded into the daily farm-life and caring for our animals.
We offer accommodation and a monthly remuneration to the persons who are willing to commit, take responsibilities and initiatives, and get involved in various projects : guiding, house-keeping, hosting, cooking, building... Life on a farm involves many tasks, which are repetitive - but also fulfilling!
Please include
CV and previous work experiences
A few sentences about yourself, where you’re coming from, why to join our team?
Possible dates
Dietary restrictions
Language skills
Dogsledding guide and handler
August to April
This is a 50% position combined to carpentry or house keeping.
August to October : autum training on karts and quads. Day-tours with guests where you get familiar with our guiding routines. Production of firewood. Picking and preparing berries, mushrooms, pig and moose meat from our hunt.
November : the snow arrives and we switch to sleds, and week-programs from the farm combining dogsledding and multi-activities. We are away at sea for the whale watching season, so you shall be self-driven.
December and January : most busy times of the year with multiple day-tours and little daylight - this period can sometimes be challenging, it's good to be prepared!
February to April : assistant with logistics around long tours with dogs and sailboat. We will be away for some weeks, so you shall be self-driven.
Working on long tours can be discussed upfront ; we invest in people who wish to spend several seasons guiding such tours with us.
May to July : tidying after snow melting, firewood, carpentry, fencing, harvesting, building and restoration, fixing and painting at the farm.
Requirements :
- committing to a lifestyle
- flexibility with planning, ability to deal with the unexpected inherent to outdoor tourism
- flexibility with human factors
- flexibility with weather (unforeseen snow cleaning)
- ability to work fast and efficient
- ability to put guests needs first
- ability to stay positive when situations are tough
- reflective about interactions with humans and dogs
There will be a 2 weeks trial period. Please recognise that the work on a farm is tough, especially in winter when the temperatures are below -10°. The animals have to be fed and the cleaning has to be done at fix time, irrelevant how the weather is!
Carpenter
Year round
This is a 50% position combined to dog work.
At our farm all the buildings are in wood - and there is always a project going on. From fixing small things in the dog-yard to building an entire cabin! Main carpentry season is in summer. We don't have a professionnal wood-working workshop, but with a practical mind we manage to do many things ourselves. Most things at our farm are home-built, from sleds to lodges!
Housekeeper and host
Year round
This is a 50% position combined to dog work.
We have 2 log-cabins, respectively built in 1870 and 2021. Both are charming traditional accommodations, where we welcome visitors from all around the world, to discover our lifestyle with the dogs.
- The housekeeping work consists in keeping them clean and tidy at all times (bedsheets, bathroom, kitchen, filling up firewood...)
- The host work consists in giving guests a warm welcome upon arrival. Being available through their stay to make sure everything is smooth and they have the best time. Following up their needs during their stay : bookings and preparations for the sauna, for breakfast, and for organising activities (dogsledding, dog-karting, canoe, snowshoeing).
Volunteering
May to January
We often welcome volunteers - mostly in the summer, but also all the way to January, to help taking care of the dogs and of the farm. You will be provided with a budget for your food, and your own private accommodation. You will help 5 hours a day, 5 days a week. The minimum stay is two months, because it takes a while to learn the routines with the animals.
Your main two tasks on a daily basis will be :
- feeding the dogs, fixing the holes
- house-keeping in the accomodations
Depending on your interests and on the priorities with the weather and season, you will have a small project related to :
- gardening
- painting (indoor, outdoor)
- helping around firewood
- berry-picking and harvesting
- baking, cooking, processing meat, vacuum packing expedition food
We look forward to having you with us!