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Chilling in the Arctic: Shane explores the role of how sled dogs in Resolute Bay. They say dogs are man's best friend, but Inuit sled dogs take it to a whole new level. They're not just companions, ...

The Inuit arrived in Greenland several hundred years earlier than previously believed, according to a study that mapped the genetics of sled dogs conducted by researchers from institutions including ...

The Canadian Eskimo dog, also known as the Inuit sled dog, is strong, resilient and disciplined after years of fending for itself in harsh arctic environments. They belong to the hefty class of ...

A team of genetics researchers has sequenced the genomes of Greenland sled dogs, or qimmeq (plural qimmit), both living and dead. Their results shed light on both the development of this breed and ...

(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 ...