Reuters: People News: Country singer, survivalist Craig Morgan heads to Arctic

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Country singer, survivalist Craig Morgan heads to Arctic Feb 28th 2013, 13:40 Country artist Craig Morgan performs at the Coliseum at the Country Music Association Music Festival in Nashville June 10, 2005. Credit: Reuters/Tami Chappell By Vernell Hackett NASHVILLE, Tennessee | Thu Feb 28, 2013 8:40am EST NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - American country singer Craig Morgan calls himself a survivalist, and he is in for a frigid challenge at an upcoming sled dog expedition in the Scandinavian arctic. Morgan, a Tennessee native who is best known for hits "That's What I Love About Sunday" and "Redneck Yacht Club," said he could not pass up an invitation to test his survival skills in the annual Fjaellraeven Polar sled dog expedition. "I've jumped out of airplanes, been on scuba trips, and I was just in the Bahamas in a cage with sharks," Morgan, 48, told Reuters. "Still, this is pretty extreme in my book." The harrowing 205-mile dog-led adventure from the frozen mountains of Norway to Sweden takes place April 9-13 and promises to teach ordinary people how to last through sub-zero temperatures and lashing Arctic winds. Morgan, who will learn how to handle sled dogs along with 20 other participants, will also bring along the camera crew from his reality show "Craig Morgan: All Access Outdoors" on the Outdoors Channel to chronicle the expedition. "I had not heard about this event before I was asked to participate," said Morgan, who will bring along his son, Kyle. "Once they asked me I said, 'Absolutely,'" he added. "I'm a survivalist; anytime I get the opportunity to test my survival skills I jump at it." On his TV show, Morgan tests his survival instincts in situations such as skydiving and aerial bow fishing. Morgan, a U.S. Army veteran whose only prior sub-zero experiences include stays in Korea and blustery Iowa, said he looks forward to learning how to work with the sled dogs. "I love dogs, have dogs of my own, but these dogs are completely different," he said. "They sleep outside in the snow ... the language that you give the commands is different. I'll have to get into their world and work the way they are used to." Morgan is also the host of the Outdoor Channel's "Field & Stream Total Outdoorsman Challenge." He has released six studio albums over his 13-year career, most recently "This Ole Boy" in 2012. (Reporting by Vernell Hackett; Editing by Eric Kelsey and Jackie Frank) Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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