“I could hear the Arctic wolves howling, it focuses you to keep running, but the visibility from the head of the outfit was really difficult, I could only focus on the couple of metres ahead of me.

The result is that many modern breeds suffer from ailments that dog lovers never would have deliberately selected for.

In 2014, for the BBC series Snow Wolf Family And Me, I travelled by helicopter to Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic.

Our writer spent 30 hours traveling with arctic wolves and gained a new appreciation ... the pups sat down and began to howl, their little voices tumbling over the rocks.

The book and the film used the limits of human bodies to cultivate empathy for the experience of other beings.

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From Arctic sled dogs to scent-tracking hounds ... it remains one of the most fascinating and primal canine behaviors. Just like wolves howl in the wild to communicate with their pack, many breeds ...

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Each howl has a unique pitch and duration, allowing wolves to convey complex messages to each other. Two Arctic Wolves play around near an icy pond in a snowy forest hunting for prey. Image via ...

"I could hear the Arctic wolves howling, it focuses you to keep running, but the visibility from the head of the outfit was really difficult, I could only focus on a couple of meters ahead of me ...