Kennel Polar Speed

foto: Stekenjokks Sol, '89, after Storm av Seppalaska o Polar Speed Pinko. Pinko, '81, after Polar Speed Konsta out of Wah (Polar Speed), from Peter Mårtensson' arkiv.

Reijo Jääskeläinen (RJ), kennel Polar Speed (PS), Finland, started in 1971 and is stil activ.

In November 1976, in Stockholm, there were a Nordic bred-and standard conference for Siberian Husky people from Scandinavien.

After that meating RJ. and other finnish drivers buyed severel importent dogs from USA. Kennel Mekusak got Arctic Trail's Wing. RJ got an importent female named Arctic Trail's Who of Kelsons, a male named Nugget of Calivali, '75, and his most importent dog, Igloo Pak's Candy II, '74, it was thise dogs RJ based his kennel on.

From Norway RJ got a female named Vassfaret's Misty, after Arctic Trail's Wing out of Selma, breeder Bengt-Ove Kvarme, Hedalen. Misty gave birth to, among others, Speedy, PS Hippu, and PS Konsta after Nugget of Calivali. Misty mated also Igloo Pak's Candy II and gave, among others, PS Wolf and PS Jana.

Polar Speed Wolf sired Willi (se later), this breed gave among others PS Leonhard. Leonhard sired PS Hippu (Misty daughter)(se over) from this litter RJ got among others PS Jessica, 1982.

Another importen female for kennel Polar Speed was Cishka (SF-1977), after Blakken (brother to Selma) out of Tigaran Atsuko (Monadnock). Some of her out come was PS Pyry (kennel Carnivoras, Sweden), PS Tuisku and Viri (PS)

Selma and Blakken, from 1975, is after Trail-Blazer of Kolyma (imported by Karsten Grønås, Kennel Vargevass), out of Vassfaret's Silja, from 1972. Silja after Peik out of Czarina (SF-1971).

Arctic Trail's Who of Kelsons, from 1974, gave birth to Lola (SF-81) after Nugget of Calivali. Lola was mated with Candy and PS Kazan.

Who were also mated with Igloo Pak's Candy II, this combination gave, among others, 4 wery fine dogs. Willi, Wah, Togoto and Sonyboyto is in the pedigrees on most nowadays Polar Speed Siberians.

kennel Unisak

foto: Igloo Pak's Beaver, dob 1977, Beaver did 11 breeds from '80 to '86 in Sweden. Stina Blomquist, Kree Vanka, Finland, behind Beaver. (foto by Britt-Marie Lindkvist)

Jaranga's Darwin and Dewon, '04, a Kvarnmyrens Black Elk o Unisak's Ludmila.

The swedich history of Unisak's Ludmila, breeder Nils o Sickan Hjelm, goes back to Zero's Dargo born 1974.

Snowtrail's Annie have been the most important dog on kennel Unisak. Annie was born in June '81, bred by Ingvar de Forest, he sold Annie after her first litter in 1983 to kennel Unisak, who got her daugther, S. Linda earlier.

The owner of kennel Unisak tells; "Annie's Father was Zero´s Dargo imported to Sweden from USA by Ingvar de Forest. People with good knowledge of the Zero imports to Sweden and Norway, consider that Dargo has been most important to the Siberian Husky breed of all Zero imports. He was running in lead in de Forest´s racing team.

Mother to Snowtrail's Annie was Alaskan´s Mona of Anadyr also imported by Ingvar de Forest. Mona came directly from the Anadyr kennel. She had been running in J. P. Norris open class team. She was after the famus Alaskan's Nicolai of Anadyr II."

Unisak's Steja, '85 was after Snowtrail's Frosty, (Zero's Dargo - Arctic Trail Amber) out of Snowtrail's Annie. Frosty, '79, was for many years lead dog in Ingvar de Forest´s racing team. Nils Hjelm tells; "Frosty' mother: Arctic Trail´s Amber (imported by Ingvar de Forest) was well known in USA for her efforts in Debbie Molburg´s open class team. In Ingvar de Forest´s team she became the lead dog together with Zero´s Dargo until their son Snowtrails Frosty tok over."

In 1994, Steja mated her own son, Unisak's Pirat, '89, after Igloo Pak's Snow Bandit and gave birth to Unisak's Barbara.

Nils Hjelm tells; "Igloo Pak's Snow Bandit, Born August 1980. Lead dog in USA for Jerry LeVasseur. At the first SEPP test in 1982 Snow Bandit was given the highest mark, Superior –Excellent with the comments, "very special" from the examinators. Snow Bandit was not for sale, but an import of frozen semen gave us two litters after him, the first one in 1989 and the other in 1991."

Barbara gave birth to a succesful litter on kennel Unisak, in '96, together with Unisak's Tyson. To of the females, Ajva and Ludmila, gave one suces full litter each.

Unisak's Tyson. Born 1988. Nils Hjelm tells; "Tyson has been our lead dog from 6-dog to open class. He is inbred on Igloo Pak´s Beaver. Beaver had been in Doc Lombard´s racing team before he was bought and imported to Sweden by Ingvar de Forest."

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