Otchum: Anführer im Eis

by Nicolas Vanier

Die außergewöhnlichen Abenteuer eines Schlittenhundes

Genres: Animals

175 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Nicolas Vanier is a French adventurer, writer and filmmaker.

His latest feature film, Loup ("Wolf") was released at the end of 2009 and was presented at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Loup is about the life of the Evens tribe in North Eastern arctic Siberia, in the Verkhoïansk mountain range, who live by raising large herds of caribou, which involves protecting them from attacks by wolves.

Reviews

[Alice · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read in under an hour, this is an account of a favourite sled dog by French adventurer Vanier.

The author's English isn't quite perfect and he can come across as arrogant when I suspect he's really just being earnest. His love for Otchum the laika (a Siberian dog bred to hunt bears), as well as for his baby daughter Montaine, shines out as he describes the hero's exploits. The glossy colour photographs of dogs, puppies and Arctic wilds are a joy.

[Eliane · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nicolas Vanier nous raconte ses aventures dans le grand nord : Canada, Sibérie, Laponie avec ses chiens de traineaux. Il a voyagé avec sa femme et sa petite fille et nous fait partager son amour et sa complicité avec son chien de tête : Otchum.
Beaucoup de très belles photos aussi dans ce livre !