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    A sled dog is a dog trained and used to pull a land vehicle in harness, most commonly a sled over snow. Sled dogs have been used in the Arctic for at least...
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    A dog sled or dog sleigh is a sled pulled by one or more sled dogs used to travel over ice and through snow. Numerous types of sleds are used, depending...
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    The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, more commonly known as The Iditarod (/aɪˈdɪtərɒd/), is an annual long-distance sled dog race held in Alaska in early...
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    Sled dog racing (sometimes termed dog sled racing) is a winter dog sport most popular in the Arctic regions of the United States, Canada, Russia, Greenland...
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    The Chukotka Sled Dog (Russian: чуко́тская ездова́я, [t]chukótskaya yezdováya, "Chukotsky riding dog", literally "riding Chukotsky") is the aboriginal...
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    The Sirius Dog Sled Patrol (Danish: Slædepatruljen Sirius), known informally as Siriuspatruljen (the Sirius Patrol) and formerly known as North-East Greenland...
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    of sled dog races contains dozens of contests created by supporters of mushing, the sport of racing sled dogs. It is unknown when the first sled dog race...
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    Mushing (redirect from Dog Sledding)
    dog scootering, sled dog racing, skijoring, freighting, and weight pulling. More specifically, it implies the use of one or more dogs to pull a sled,...
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    Togo (1913 – December 5, 1929) was the lead sled dog of musher Leonhard Seppala and his dog sled team in the 1925 serum run to Nome across central and...
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    Balto (redirect from Balto the Wonder Dog)
    was an Alaskan husky and sled dog belonging to musher and breeder Leonhard Seppala. He achieved fame when he led a team of sled dogs driven by Gunnar Kaasen...
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    (/ˈmæləˌmjuːt/) is a large breed of dog that was originally bred for its strength and endurance, to haul heavy freight as a sled dog, and as a hound. It is similar...
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    sled dogs. The Russian word laika (лайка) is a noun derived from the verb layat' (лаять, to bark), and literally means barker. As the name of a dog variety...
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    Siberian Husky (category Sled dogs)
    The Siberian Husky is a medium-sized working sled dog breed. The breed belongs to the Spitz genetic family. It is recognizable by its thickly furred double...
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    Spitz (redirect from Sled dog breeds)
    meaning "pointed", in reference to the pointed muzzle) is a type of domestic dog consisting of between 50 and 70 breeds depending on classification. There...
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    Husky (category Sled dogs)
    Husky is a general term for a dog used in the polar regions, primarily and specifically for work as sled dogs. It refers to a traditional northern type...
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    breed of sled dog, developed in the state of New Hampshire during the early 20th century. The Chinook is New Hampshire's official state dog. Standing...
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  • The Kamchatka Sled Dog (Russian: Камчатская ездовая собака, lit. 'Kamchatka riding dog') is a rare landrace of sled laika developed by the Itelmen and...
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    ˈsɛpələ/; September 14, 1877 – January 28, 1967) was a Norwegian-Kven-American sled dog breeder, trainer and musher who with his dogs played a pivotal role in...
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    Canadian Eskimo Dog. Canadian Eskimo Dog Club of Great Britain Canadian Inuit/Eskimo Dog Network Inuit Sled Dog International Archived 2014-07-19 at the...
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    Yukon Quest, formally the Yukon Quest 1,000-mile International Sled Dog Race, is a sled dog race scheduled every February since 1984 between Fairbanks, Alaska...
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    The Greenland Dog (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Qimmiat, Danish: Grønlandshund) is a large breed of husky-type dog kept as a sled dog. They were brought from...
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    Alaskan husky (category Sled dogs)
    working sled dog, developed specifically for its performance as such. Alaskan huskies are the most commonly used type of dog for competitive sled dog racing...
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    by Captain Scott. Dog sleds were used by most others, such as Roald Amundsen. In the Philippines, a traditional carabao-drawn sled is known as the kangga...
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    support a dog in the completion of a working task. Harnesses have been used for millennia to carry weight or pull small carriages or sleds. In both World...
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    1925 serum run to Nome (category Dog sledding)
    transport of diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled relay across the US territory of Alaska by 20 mushers and about 150 sled dogs across 674 miles (1,085 km) in...
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  • Disney Pictures. The film centers on Leonhard Seppala and his titular sled dog in the 1925 serum run to Nome to transport diphtheria antitoxin serum through...
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    were selectively bred as either sled dogs or as hunting dogs, which implies that a sled dog standard and a hunting dog standard existed at that time. The...
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    freighting dog in the 19th century, and the Alaskan husky, bred specifically for sled dog racing. In the 1980s, a rise in Nordic-style sled racing in Scandinavia...
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    Military working dog trained in combat, or used scouts, sentries, messengers, mercy dogs, and trackers Search and rescue dog Sled dog Working dogs are...
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    Dallas Seavey (category Dog mushers from Alaska)
    Seavey (born March 4, 1987) is an American dog musher, and is the only musher to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across the U.S. state of Alaska six...
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