Welcome to the the Start banquet

Skrevet av: Hanne Rosenberg/Audur Inga Olavsdottir
Dato: 04.03.2004 15:21

For the first time in the Finnmarksløpet 24 year old history, a special “start banquet” will be held for dog sled drivers, sponsores, VIP guests, the press and spectators. It is the manager from the Finnmark tourism office, Jens-Harald Jenssen (right), in cooperation with Rica Hotel Alta and Finnmarksløpet who invites people to join the banquete.

At this moment, Jenssen and his staff are busy preparing the welcome banquet, which will take place at Rica Hotel Alta 16:30 on Friday the 5th of March. In Jenssens´ opinion, Finnmarksløpet plays an important role for the image of Finnmark.

He looks forward to be one of the hosts at the banquete. He had a near contact with the race last year when he followed some parts of it driving a snow mobile and a car. He says he then became a bit more “hooked” on it and began to feel more respect towards this fabulous event.