Balto, who was part of the first team to trek across the Greenland ice cap. Then, in early 1925, Balto was part of a relay of sled dog teams who hauled diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, where an ...

A sled dog in Ilulissat, Greenland. New research is shedding light on the genetics of these animals Inuit use to hunt and travel with. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Inuit hunters in North Greenland ...

One leads to our modern Siberian husky—smaller body size and stature—and the other one leads to this larger body size and to ...

The photos, taken around mid-afternoon last Thursday by Steffen Olsen, show the dogs hauling a sled, ankle-deep in water, in Inglefield Bredning, northwestern Greenland. They were been helping ...

there's still no better way than dogsledding to traverse long distances in Greenland, where engine failure can be deadly. Numerous times, dogs have saved patrollers' lives. Sledding during the ...

Greenland is a bit of a mystery to many people ... 300 clear nights per year," Condé Nast Traveler said. Greenlandic sled dogs can also take travelers to more remote areas for even clearer ...

This story appears in the November 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. Late one quiet November night in the village of Niaqornat, 300 miles above the Arctic Circle on Greenland’s west ...

Dog-sledding has been a long-held tradition in the north and east of Greenland. But many local hunters and fishermen have given it up and the number of sled dogs has slumped nationwide.

But today there’s much less ice for dog-sledding, and the 56-year-old worries that his children will grow up in a very different Greenland to the one he remembers. 00:00 / 00:00 Box and some ...

From a stoic ‘queen’ crossing a desert to silly and heartwarming portraits, these dog photo competition winners highlight the ...

To do the study, Jensen and geneticist Mikkel Holger Strander Sinding, did genetic analysis of Greenland sled dogs and examined that data alongside oral histories from 45 Inuit community members ...

But today there’s much less ice for dog-sledding, and the 56-year-old worries that his children will grow up in a very different Greenland to the one he remembers. 00:00 / 00:00 Box and some ...