Inuit sled dogs have changed little since people migrated to the North American Arctic across the Bering Strait from Siberia with them, according to researchers who have examined DNA from the dogs ...

Dog sleds that have carried Inuit hunters since the earliest times are now helping tow high technology across the Arctic to investigate the latest global warming-related changes in sea ice there.

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Chilling in the Arctic: Shane explores the role of how sled dogs in Resolute Bay. They say dogs are man's best friend, but Inuit sled dogs take it to a whole new level. They're not just companions, ...

The 14 dogs pulling this load completed the final, 80-mile leg in 17 hours. The Inuit dog, known as qimmiq in the Inuit language Inuktitut, has soft, dense insulating under fur and an outer coat of ...

Inuit sled dogs have changed little since people migrated with them to the North American Arctic across the Bering Strait from Siberia, according to researchers who have examined DNA from the dogs ...