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“You OK?" his partner, Rasmus Jorgensen,

asked

“Yeah.” Jesper replied.

Jesper and Rasmus were 500 miles (805 kilo-

meters) north of the Arctic Circle. in one of the
‘most isolated places on Earth. It was four days into
his first trip as a Sirius patroller, and he lay on the
snow, pain washing over him. He convinced hin-
self, within a few moments, that he would be all
right. During his intense training, he'd learned to
remain cali no matter how difficult the situation,
and he remembered the Sirius motto! Whenever
possible, out on the ice, it’s best to continue
moving. So, Jesper Olsen rose to his fect, picked up
the ropes to the dogsled, and continued on

‘The desire (0 explore Greenland, a Danish

protectorate? since 1721, came to Jesper Olsen
when he was a sergeant in the Danish Royal
Life Guards, working at the Queen of Denmark's
palaces. Twenty-three year old Jesper yearned for
something different, something more adventur-
ous. “Llike to push myself” he says. In 2008, he
applied for a job with an elite special forces unit,
famous for driving soldiers to the limits of human
capabilities: The Sirius Patrol.

Sirius is the world’s only military dog-

sled patrol. For more than 60 years, it has

moto: a short sentence, phrase, or word that expresses

patrolled northeast Greenland’s 8,699-mile

(14,000-kilometer) coast. Six two-man teams
visit each inch of the coastline at least once
every five years. They act as the only rangers in
Northeast Greenland National Park, maintaining
Denmark's sovereignty? in the region. They also
support scientific and sporting expeditions in
the world's largest park, home 10 herds of musk
oxen and hundreds of polar bears. The job—low
pay, no holidays—means working with a partner
and a dog team for 26 months and traveling more
than 5,000 miles (5,047 kilometers). Injuries are
virtually inevitable, as are hunger and exhaustion
and frostbite. Sirius patrallers also have to watch
out for polar bears. Patroller have no chance to
visit family or friends; they never even get to see
a tree,

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