sled dog

Even snowmobiles here can fall victim to temperatures that drop well below zero, but sled dogs are ready to run no matter the conditions, and so park rangers have their own teams to help them patrol the backcountry.

Our sled dogs seem to think that the value of toys lies not in using them but acquiring them, and so I’ve long sought out toys that our dogs will not just hoard—and plot to steal from each other—but actually engage with.

Since Gates of the Arctic is surrounded by miles of federal land, you’ll likely be taking a bush plane out of Fairbanks to get there, and this rural homestead full of working sled dogs is a great base camp before a big trip above the Arctic Circle.

With his sled dogs, he entered the Iditarod, Alaska’s grueling 1,100-mile race, three times and completed it once.

A transplant from Pennsylvania, Fansler was a Bethel attorney who had served on the City Council and as manager for a popular local sled dog race, the Kuskokwim 300, before his election to the Legislature.

She used to have a business here as a sled-dog trainer, but she closed it down after her son was taken captive.

I don't know who did train him, if anybody ever did; but as a leadin' sled-dog he's got all the Yukon whipped to a standstill.

Toward the last of October when the snow began to make deep, Fleur's education as a sled-dog began.

Not only was she the cause of it all, but she possessed the finest sled-dog from Chilkoot to Bering Sea.

When a sled dog is silent and refuses to fight with his neighbor, his spirit is very low.

Having gorged themselves on fish, they burrowed into the snow and slept the sleep of the faithful sled dog.