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How a warming climate is part of a shift in sled dog genetics
While some changes in mushing come from development in the sport, others have been forced by a changing climate. One part of ...
100 Years Later: Remembering the incredible sled dogs and mushers of Alaska’s 1925 serum run
A century ago, a team of determined mushers and their sled dogs embarked on a perilous journey to deliver life-saving ...
Mushers, dogs braved harsh Alaska winter to deliver life-saving serum 100 years ago
Nome, Alaska, remembers its saviors — the sled dogs and mushers who raced for more than five days through hypothermia, ...
Maine musher prepares for sled dog race across Alaskan wilderness
Musher Jonathan Hayes and his Seppala Siberian sled dogs are retracing the 1925 journey that saved Nome, Alaska, during a deadly diphtheria outbreak.
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Does daylight saving time affect dogs? It depends if they have to work.
Daylight saving time (DST) is observed in about one-third of the countries around the world, with clocks changing one hour ...
My Dog Saved My Life in a Brown Bear Attack
Labrador mix alerts his owner, a fisheries technician, to the presence of brown bears while he works salmon streams.
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Mushers, dogs braved harsh Alaska winter to deliver life-saving serum 100 years ago
Hayes left Nenana on Monday with 16 Seppala Siberian sled dogs, registered descendants of Seppala's team. Diphtheria is an airborne disease that causes a thick, suffocating film to develop at the ...