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ILULISSAT, Greenland (AP) — Growing up in a village in northern Greenland, Jørgen Kristensen’s closest friends were his stepfather’s sled dogs. Most of his classmates were dark-haired Inuit; he was ...

For centuries, the Inuit or indigenous peoples of Arctic regions like Greenland, Canada, and Alaska, relied on sleds, often pulled by dogs like huskies, to haul heavy loads across vast, frozen terrain ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two unidentified Inuit men on dog sled. During the 1950s and 1960s, sled dogs in Nunavik that weren't tied up were killed for ...

Out in the distance in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, 15-year-old Sophia Johnston heard a familiar sound — a team of sled dogs barking. Johnston knows her team of nine Siberian-mix dogs is anxious for her ...

Greenland sled dogs, known asQimmeq in Greenlandic, have long played a vital role in the Arctic, assisting Inuit people in the harshest of environments. But new DNA analysis of both modern and ancient ...

On the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, a novice learns to drive her own team on an adventure in the heart of winter.

(Reuters) - The government of Canada on Saturday apologized to the Inuit of northern Quebec for the mass killing of sled dogs in the 1950s and 1960s, which devastated communities by depriving them of ...

ILULISSAT, Greenland — Growing up in a village in northern Greenland, Jørgen Kristensen’s closest friends were his stepfather’s sled dogs. Most of his classmates were dark-haired Inuit; he was ...