Sled Dog
Sled dogs (or sleddogs/sleigh dogs) are work dogs that are used to pull a sled over snow or ice by means of dog harnesses and lines. This is called "mushing", and the person directing the dog team, a "musher". Today, sled dogs are used mostly for recreation.
Read more about Sled Dog: History, Practical Aspects, Sled Dogs and The Conquest of The Poles
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“I weathered some merry snow-storms, and spent some cheerful winter evenings by my fireside, while the snow whirled wildly without, and even the hooting of the owl was hushed. For many weeks I met no one in my walks but those who came occasionally to cut wood and sled it to the village.... For human society I was obliged to conjure up the former occupants of these woods.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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Do cream and mantle like a standing pond,
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—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)