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The Origins of Mushing
“I find in the book, ‘The World of Sled Dogs,’ by Lorna Coppinger, that the earliest historical records of the use of sled dogs in the Siberian subarctic appear in Arabian literature of the tenth century; in writings of Marco Polo in the thirteenth century; and of Francesco de Kollo in the sixteenth.” Continue reading →
Posted in Alaska History, Books, News & Information, Sled Dog History
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Tagged Bering Strait, dog teams, Eskimos, Fridjof Nansen, Frobisher, Historic Navigations, Ibn Batuta, Iditarod, In Northern Mists, Lorna Coppinger, mushing, mushing history, Sled Dog Tales, sledges, Wrangell, Yukon Quest
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