sled dog
Arctic team member
A sled dog is a dog bred or trained to pull a sled over snow and ice.
Breeds like Siberian huskies and Alaskan malamutes have thick coats and high endurance for this work.
Teams of sled dogs, controlled by a musher, historically provided essential transportation in Arctic regions: The sled dogs pulled through the blizzard.
- huskyRough-voiced or stocky
- Siberian HuskyNorthern sled dog breed
- mushingDog-sled transportation sport
- canineOf or like dogs
- NomeFar-north Alaskan city
serum run · pack animal · winter survival · tundra · polar region · Arctic Circle · thick coat · Balto · Alaskan Malamute · double coat · endurance · ancient breed · Iditarod · frozen tundra · paws · howl · trail · snow
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- dogsbeagle, bulldog, boxer, collie, poodle
- AlaskaFairbanks, Juneau, Denali, Sitka, Kodiak
- ArcticArctic Circle, Arctic Ocean, Arctic wildlife, Arctic exploration, Arctic research
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