eed tobase your decision on. Some of the things that you'll need toconsider are how many people will be using the tent, will you beusing the tent just for sleeping or for sleeping and cooking,what time of the year that you're going to be traveling, and howlong you'll be staying on your camping trip. Once you have theanswers to these questions you can narrow down your search forthe right tent for you. There are two different types of tents that you can choose from:tents that supported by poles and tents that are considered tobe free standing. Tents that are supported by poles will alsoneed to have ropes on the outside of the tent that harness thetent to the pegs set into the ground to help support the poles.If you're traveling to the Arctic to do some camping you mightwant to choose a pole tent such as the Labrador tents, which aredurable and reliable in the northern c...

...limate. Tents that areconsidered to be free standing have a frame that is sturdierthan pole tents. Even though these tents are completely freestanding you might find that winds in a northern climate causeit to shake and bend.One thing that you should keep in mind when you're camping incolder climates is that there may often not be ground availableto drive the stakes of the tent into, since there will be a lotof rock, or frozen ground. If you have to pitch your tent onrock try to find a surface that is relatively level and nearsome smaller rocks. This way you can tie tent lines to the rocksand still have a sturdy tent....