We enjoy winter traveling in the Canadian arctic, above the tree line, The Barrens.  We use Polaris snowmobiles and Roger Siglin sleds.  We carry army type cots, small wood stove for heat and propane or Coleman gas (depends on the trip) for cooking and top of the line clothing and sleeping bags.  Our longest trip of 1,685 miles from Fort Resolution N.W.T. on the Great Slave Lake to Baker Lake, Nunavat and the return was our most extreme test of all our equipment abilities.  We had days of traveling with our jackets open at the neck and other days of starting a snowmobile at -40F (-40C), packing up our camp and traveling all day in the same temperature.  The Arctic Oven tent was such a valuable asset tin that at the end of the day you had warm comfortable shelter and stated the next day off dry and warm.  Another feature that we liked is that each time the tent is rolled up it does not retain any ice.  After almost 3 weeks of continuous use, the tent was no heavier when when we started.  We erect the tent on the ice in order to get a firm base for ourselves and pile snow n the lower flap of the fly.  We find that sufficient to securely hold the tent in place as we wait out a "white out", 3 days being the longest.  Photos by Jim Lewis and Bob Bruneau.

Linda