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WINTERER'S GATHERING
Nov 21-24, 2013

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Check out our 2012 WG Photo Album

LOOKING BACK AT 2012

                                                                                                              Photo by Seth Kantner

Check out the film that students in George Desort's documentary
filmmaking class created about the event in 2011 here

WINTERER'S  GATHERING
&  ARCTIC  FILM  FESTIVAL

November 15-18, 2012

Celebrate the crafts, customs, landscape, history and stories of winter travel
and traditional life ways in the North. Coursework, workshops, a winter tent camp, gear swap, community dancing, evening films, featured speakers and more. 
Initial courses for 2012 are in place and so are our featured speakers. 

See a clip about the event on WDIO's The Playlist here:
http://youtu.be/e0a48wOvWHU

2012 Featured Speaker
Welcoming Seth Kantner, Alaskan author of Ordinary Wolves and
Shopping for Porcupine. Seth will give the featured presentation Saturday night at 7:30 pm, and will teach two courses: one on writing and one on photography.
Read more about Seth here: http://sethkantner.com/

2012 Featured Instructor
David Cronenwett, a professional naturalist, survival instructor and writer, has taught wilderness survival and bushcraft for many institutions around Montana, including the University of Montana, Carroll College, The Nature Conservancy, Helena National Forest and many others. He has worked as a consultant for the Discovery Channel's "Dual Survival" program and has appeared in Field & Stream, Experience Life and several other outdoor publications. See his course offerings here and here.

Event Highlights
Great Gear & Ski Swap - International Arctic Films
Winter Tent Camping - Snowshoe Shuffle Dance
Deep Freeze Chili Feed - Winter Skills Seminars

Featured Event Course Offerings
Every year, an abundance of hands-on courses are featured during WG.  Enrollment is always strong - highlights are included below. More courses will be added in the coming months. To review all of the courses in Calendar Format visit the November 2012 course calendar. 
- Crooked Knife: Craft Your Own - Nov 14-15
- Footwear For the Camp: Moccasin Making - Nov 15-16
- Traveling by Pencil with Alaskan author Seth Kantner - Nov 15-16
- Staying Alive in the Woods: Intro to Wilderness Survival - Nov 16
- Sew a Bag: Sailor's Ditty or Sailcloth - Nov 16-17
- Carry Your Fuel: Craft a Steambent Firewood Carrier - Nov 16-17
- Carving the Cree Hunter's Shovel - Nov 16-18
- Photography with Seth Kantner - Nov 17
- Northern Bushcraft: In the Field - Nov 18-19