Greenlandic Huskies

Description

Greenlandic Huskies are the only breed of dog allowed in North Greenland, above the town of Sisimiut, to keep the traditional working breed pure and capable of pulling sleds. Greenland's sledding culture goes back more than 4,000 years; the Thule people, ancestors of today's Greenlanders, relied on these dogs to settle the Arctic. Their numbers have about halved in twenty years, to some 15,000, as sea ice thins and snowmobiles spread.