Mushing is a sport or transport method powered by dogs. It includes carting, pulka, 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, most commonly a specialized type of dog sled on snow, or a rig on dry land.
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race 2010
An Alaskan musher in 1909
Brent Sass departing Rainy Pass checkpoint during the Iditarod 2020
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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.
Carrying the mail and the weekly Klondike Nugget, this service covered all the creeks adjacent to Dawson City. The service was established by Jean (or Gene) Allen in 1898
Sled dog wearing harness during the Jesup Expedition in Siberia
A sled dog team of 11 in Denali National Park and Preserve
Huskies ready to ride at the husky farm in Kuusamo, Finland