From Fashion Model to Sled Dog Musher

Embark on an extraordinary journey with a former model who traded high heels for snow boots and found her calling in the vast ...
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From pharaoh companions to ancient sled haulers – meet the world's oldest dog breeds

Dogs have been companions, hunters, guardians and workers for many thousands of years. From etchings in caves to mummified ...
New Scientist

Balto's genome reveals famed sledge dog was a mutt

An analysis of the genes of renowned sledge dog Balto, long believed to be a Siberian husky, reveals he was a mixture of different Arctic and Asian breeds. Balto is perhaps the most famous sledge dog ...
WMUR

World Championship Sled Dog Derby returns to Laconia after 2-year hiatus due to lack of snow

RACERS SAY THE TRADITION IS A FAMILY AFFAIR. 14 YEAR OLD GABRIEL RAMIREZ, FROM UTAH, STARTED DOG SLEDDING TEN YEARS AGO. I LOVE RUNNING WITH MY DOGS AND WORKING SO HARD WITH THEM WHEN THEY’RE TRAINING ...
NPR

Sled dog racing hits the dirt in the first U.S. Dryland Mushing Championship

Racers and their dogs from around the world hit Wisconsin's trails for a fast, snowless take on traditional sled dog racing. Katie Thoresen from member station WXPR reports. A musher drives a team of ...
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Harnessed to the Pole : sledge dogs in service to American explorers of the Arctic, 1853-1909 / Sheila Nickerson

Jules Verne : how fiction transported the first dogs to the North Pole -- Sir John Franklin How, in reality, a lost explorer needed dogs -- What was the Greenland dog? -- "Sledge" or "sled"? -- Toodla ...