Dog-sled taxi ready to take guests to Kirkenes Snowhotel. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

Why wait in line for a cab or squeeze into an airport shuttle bus when you can ride to your hotel in a dog-sled taxi?

A hotel in northern Norway has launched a taxi service — which employs a team of eight Alaskan huskies — to pick up guests from the Kirkenes Airport. The trek to the Kirkenes Snowhotel from the airport, a scenic (and cold) 45-minute ride through the snow, was introduced , according to The Local.

The had to secure approval from Norway's defense services, the local municipality, and the authority that oversees reindeer and wildlife in the region before launching the service, which will cost guests around 2300 NOK ($372).

“This [service] is for the high-end market,” Kåre Tannvik, adventure developer with Kirkenes Snowhotel, .

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Passengers are also provided with thermal suits and given time to get acquainted with the dogs before the ride, the world's first dog-sled taxi service.

Dog-sled taxi ready to take guests to Kirkenes Snowhotel. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

But while passengers may have to deal with the cold on the trek to the hotel, they can also enjoy the views of the snowy landscape and of Russia across the border (thus the hotel's need to obtain permission for the service from military border authorities). It can also serve an excellent alternative when the roads in the area get icy.

" to the other products we offer; snow hotel lodging, Arctic food, feeding reindeers etc.,” Ronny Østrem, chief executive of the Kirkenes Snowhotel, told Barents Observer.

Want to spend more time with the dogs? The hotel, which has 200 sled dogs, also offers husky tours and trips to the wilderness (with a chance to see the northern lights). The tours also include lessons on how to handle the dogs and the sled.

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