*Photo credit above: Jillian Blum
Founded in 2019
Arctic Hive is located in Brooks Range 63 miles above the arctic circle outside of the tiny village of Wiseman. From the village, the property is hike-in access only.
Arctic Hive is comprised of remote off-grid backcountry retreat center with three cozy cabins and a fiberglass igloo common area. It sits between two major protected wilderness areas of Alaska's Brooks Range—Gates of the Arctic National Park and Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. We embrace remote arctic Alaskan living, and we offer retreats for those looking to explore the arctic ecosystem through yoga, meditation, art, skis, raft, hiking, and dogsled.
The entire experience at Arctic Hive is geared at helping you disconnect from life "out there," ground you into the natural environment, and help you learn and understand more about these precious ecosystems that are so far away, and yet incredibly important to the survival of the human species.
We understand you might hear about the arctic in the media, especially being a political hot topic! Words like permafrost, oil, public lands, and climate change get tossed around a lot — but they're just that. Words. Until, that is, you can see something tangible and in-person to grasp the reality and fragility of these vast landscapes that we call home.
We hope to bridge this disconnect so that you not only experience the trip of a lifetime, but return to your community invigorated, more centered, and as an eyewitness advocate for these remote, critical places.
Arctic Hive is comprised of remote off-grid backcountry retreat center with three cozy cabins and a fiberglass igloo common area. It sits between two major protected wilderness areas of Alaska's Brooks Range—Gates of the Arctic National Park and Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. We embrace remote arctic Alaskan living, and we offer retreats for those looking to explore the arctic ecosystem through yoga, meditation, art, skis, raft, hiking, and dogsled.
The entire experience at Arctic Hive is geared at helping you disconnect from life "out there," ground you into the natural environment, and help you learn and understand more about these precious ecosystems that are so far away, and yet incredibly important to the survival of the human species.
We understand you might hear about the arctic in the media, especially being a political hot topic! Words like permafrost, oil, public lands, and climate change get tossed around a lot — but they're just that. Words. Until, that is, you can see something tangible and in-person to grasp the reality and fragility of these vast landscapes that we call home.
We hope to bridge this disconnect so that you not only experience the trip of a lifetime, but return to your community invigorated, more centered, and as an eyewitness advocate for these remote, critical places.
Meet Your Hosts
Mollie Busby
IG: @MollieOfTheNorth
Co-Founder, Arctic Hive
Owner and Founder, Yoga Hive Studios
Himalayan Kriya Yoga Master Teacher
Co-Founder, Arctic Hive
Owner and Founder, Yoga Hive Studios
Himalayan Kriya Yoga Master Teacher
She is a driven entrepreneur, writer, dog musher, backcountry skier with the spirit of a summer camp counselor and a love of wild places. Mollie and her husband Sean own and operate their wilderness retreat center nestled 63 miles north of the Arctic Circle called Arctic Hive. The pair crafted the entire facility with their own hands, and lives there in the Brooks Range year-round to host small groups of all kinds and mush with their pack of sled dogs.
In 2010, Mollie and Sean founded Riding On Insulin, which hosts action sports camps for kids with type 1 diabetes. Mollie ran the nonprofit as Executive Director for 7 years, until Sean took the helm in 2017. Although she still works for the organization on a part-time basis hosting a few camps and managing the operations, Mollie shifted much of her focus to her work and studies in yoga, including founding four yoga studios called Yoga Hive. Her Montana and Wisconsin branches have since been sold, and continue thriving today. Yoga Hive is known for its inviting vibe, friendly instructors, and willingness to show anyone that yoga is for everybody and every body. Today, Mollie teaches classes over Zoom and hosts both in-person and online yoga teacher trainings and courses from her Yoga Hive studio in the arctic — a 24-foot geodesic dome surrounded by a black spruce forest with expansive views of the Brooks Mountain Range.
Hailing originally from Wisconsin, Mollie brings to her classes a warm, midwestern vibe mixed with a wide range of yoga training. Although her training was rooted in a vinyasa/power yoga style, Mollie now takes a softer, feminine approach featuring dynamic breathwork, intention woven throughout the journey, feel-good movements, and Tantric kriya from her extensive studies in the foothills of India’s Himalayas. She infuses her unique brand of magic into every class she guides, alongside her love of teaching the basics to anyone willing to learn. Follow her adventures in the arctic on Instagram @MollieOfTheNorth, and read more about her retreats, courses and classes at MollieBusby.com.
In 2010, Mollie and Sean founded Riding On Insulin, which hosts action sports camps for kids with type 1 diabetes. Mollie ran the nonprofit as Executive Director for 7 years, until Sean took the helm in 2017. Although she still works for the organization on a part-time basis hosting a few camps and managing the operations, Mollie shifted much of her focus to her work and studies in yoga, including founding four yoga studios called Yoga Hive. Her Montana and Wisconsin branches have since been sold, and continue thriving today. Yoga Hive is known for its inviting vibe, friendly instructors, and willingness to show anyone that yoga is for everybody and every body. Today, Mollie teaches classes over Zoom and hosts both in-person and online yoga teacher trainings and courses from her Yoga Hive studio in the arctic — a 24-foot geodesic dome surrounded by a black spruce forest with expansive views of the Brooks Mountain Range.
Hailing originally from Wisconsin, Mollie brings to her classes a warm, midwestern vibe mixed with a wide range of yoga training. Although her training was rooted in a vinyasa/power yoga style, Mollie now takes a softer, feminine approach featuring dynamic breathwork, intention woven throughout the journey, feel-good movements, and Tantric kriya from her extensive studies in the foothills of India’s Himalayas. She infuses her unique brand of magic into every class she guides, alongside her love of teaching the basics to anyone willing to learn. Follow her adventures in the arctic on Instagram @MollieOfTheNorth, and read more about her retreats, courses and classes at MollieBusby.com.
Sean Busby
IG: @SeanBusby
Co-Founder, Arctic Hive
Founder & Executive Director, Riding On Insulin
Professional Snowboarder
Co-Founder, Arctic Hive
Founder & Executive Director, Riding On Insulin
Professional Snowboarder
Sean Busby is a professional backcountry snowboarder and alternative off grid home builder living off the grid in the wilds of Alaska. Sean has backcountry snowboarded on all seven continents, including some of the most remote and isolated mountain ranges on the planet which is what brought him to the Brooks Range and the eventual co-founding of Arctic Hive. He also specializes in logistics of remote off grid adventures in polar regions.
Sean has been featured internationally in major print and tv shows such as HGTV, DIY, Disney, ESPN, Daily Mail, Yahoo, Frequency Snowboard Journal, and Discovery Channel for his snowboarding expeditions and with his wife, Mollie, for their sustainable off grid building and living methods.
Sean is also the founder and executive director of an international nonprofit, Riding On Insulin, which hosts action sports camps for kids and teens living with type 1 diabetes around the globe.
Sean is the proud owner of a growing dog team and spends most of his spare time trying to figure out how to convince Mollie to allow him to add more!
Sean has been featured internationally in major print and tv shows such as HGTV, DIY, Disney, ESPN, Daily Mail, Yahoo, Frequency Snowboard Journal, and Discovery Channel for his snowboarding expeditions and with his wife, Mollie, for their sustainable off grid building and living methods.
Sean is also the founder and executive director of an international nonprofit, Riding On Insulin, which hosts action sports camps for kids and teens living with type 1 diabetes around the globe.
Sean is the proud owner of a growing dog team and spends most of his spare time trying to figure out how to convince Mollie to allow him to add more!
Location
Find us here, in Wiseman, Alaska: