Being a musher is a full-time job and one that most of us know little about, so Braverman offers here a chronicle of a year in the life of her dog team. Included in this illustrated overview are expeditions and wild animal encounters, but also the everyday things: scouting new trails with the dogs, the decisions that go into putting a team together, how she trains puppies to be brave, and the challenge of storing a thousand pounds of raw meat.