"One of Interior Alaska's most rewarding experiences is a visit with Mary Shields and her wonderful dog team."
- Captain Jim Binkley Sr.,
Riverboat Discovery

"Mary Shields may be a wonderful and gentle storyteller, but her sled dogs are the stars of the show: Sunny Girl, Stevie, Crockett, O.J., Kianna, Scout and Clifford. 'They upstage me constantly,' Mary says. Visitors howl as two or three dogs play king on the mountain on the roof of the most coveted accommodations."
- Alaska Best Places
Edited by Nan Elliot
Sasquatch Books

"Abercrombie & Kent sends several hundred clients to Alaska every summer to visit its many highlights, including Denali National Park, Glacier Bay, the great brown bears on Katmai Peninsula, but most of them return saying that the real highlight of their trip was their visit with Mary Shields and her dogs."
- Alistair Ballantine, President,
Abercrombie & Kent International

"I can fantasize a bit through you, dear Mary and 'relive' some of the adventures that I missed. Thank you again for sharing them with us all."
- Betsy Wood
Golden, Colorado