Mushing
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Mushing is a sport or transport method powered by dogs, either by cart, pulk, dog scootering, sled dog racing, skijoring, freighting, and weight pulling. More specifically, it implies the use of one o
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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Dog sled
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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, a practice known as mushing. Numerous types of sleds are used, depending on their function.
A musher riding a dog sled in Røros, Norway, during a sled dog race
An 1840s oil painting of a fur trader using a dog sled pulled by three dogs. Dog sleds have been used for over a thousand years.
A narta, a traditional Siberian sled.
A qamutiik, pictured here with a kayak on top, is a traditional Inuit sled designed to travel on snow and ice.