The Avannaata Qimussersua, which organizers call “a challenging event that highlights the bond between humans and their dogs, ...

Her grandfather was a qimuksiqti – a musher. Before the 1950s, sledding was the main mode of transportation for Inuit. Qimmiit – dogs – and humans had a deep bond; the dogs were constant ...

The history of sled dogs goes back as far as the 10th century. Dog sledding was invented by the native and Inuit people in the northern parts of Canada, or what is now considered Canada.

My dog sled races along the frozen polar sea of Greenland’s northwestern coast, weaving through a maze of hummocks. I sit wedged against the fur-covered form of a quiet, middle-aged Inuit hunter ...

Ottawa to compensate Inuit in Nunavik for mass sled dog slaughter With snow trucked in to cover streets in the state's largest city, the usual parade route there was shortened from about 18 km to ...

More than 1,000 of the dogs that Inuit relied on for their livelihoods were shot to death by Mounties, employees of the Hudson's Bay Company and other authorities from the mid-1950s until late 1960s ...

Amid dizzying changes caused by a warming climate and global attention, Greenlanders don’t want to have to choose between ...

He hitched the remaining dog to the sled and rode off to rejoin his family. The Inuit adapted to one of the sparsest eco-systems on earth and their connection to land and wildlife was intensely ...