Sled dog

A dog trained to pull a sled, usually in harness and often as part of a team. Sled dogs work in cold regions for travel, transport, and racing.

Dog sled: A vehicle designed to travel over snow or ice, pulled by dogs in harness. It is the load sled dogs are trained to move.
Arctic peoples: Indigenous peoples whose homelands include the Arctic regions of North America, Greenland, and Eurasia. Northern communities developed and sustained dog-powered travel suited to Arctic conditions.
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race: An annual long-distance sled-dog race across Alaska, run from Anchorage to Nome. It is a prominent modern test of sled-dog teams and their handlers.
Alaskan Husky: A type of sled dog selected for working and racing performance rather than a standardized breed appearance. It is defined primarily by sled-work ability, unlike standardized purebred labels.
Dog harness: A set of straps fitted to a dog to distribute force and attach it to a line or load. A pulling harness transfers a sled’s force across each dog’s body.
Thule culture: An Inuit ancestral culture that spread across the North American Arctic beginning around a thousand years ago. Thule communities used dogs and sleds as part of Arctic transport.
Serum Run to Nome: The 1925 relay of dog-sled teams that carried diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska. The relay demonstrated how sled dogs could deliver medicine across winter terrain.
Canicross: A sport in which a person runs while connected by a line to a harnessed dog. It uses canine pulling but involves a runner rather than a sled.
Gangline: The main line connecting a dog team to a sled, with smaller lines attaching individual dogs. It links harnessed dogs to the sled and organizes their positions.
Greenland dog: A hardy Arctic working-dog breed traditionally used for sled pulling in Greenland. Its history is closely tied to Greenlandic sled travel.

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