. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. ARCTIC AND OTHER DRAUGHT DOGS. 527 tion in circumstances which made the use of the saihng boat impossible, and the modern explorer into Arctic regions regards his teams of sledge dogs as being as much a. SAMOYEDE CH. OLAF OUSSA. PROPERTY OF MRS. FREDERIKA RINGER. necessary part of his equipment as fuel and provisions. It was in Siberia that the sledge dog was first applied to the service of Polar ex- ploration
. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. ARCTIC AND OTHER DRAUGHT DOGS. 527 tion in circumstances which made the use of the saihng boat impossible, and the modern explorer into Arctic regions regards his teams of sledge dogs as being as much a. SAMOYEDE CH. OLAF OUSSA. PROPERTY OF MRS. FREDERIKA RINGER. necessary part of his equipment as fuel and provisions. It was in Siberia that the sledge dog was first applied to the service of Polar ex- ploration. Already in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the Russians undertook very extensive sledge journeys, and charted the whole of the Siberian coast from the borders of Europe to Behring Strait. But this means of covering great distances with dog-drawn sledges attained its highest de- velopment under McClintock. While the Russians, however, travelled with a large number of dogs and only a few men, McClintock and other adventurous Britons used few do^s and many men. The American explorer, Lieutenant Peary, saw the wisdom of employing as many dogs as possible, often having a hundred and more together. Nansen, who knew the utmost importance of having good sledge haulers, took as large a kennel as he could accommodate, and added many of his own later breeding to be ready for his great drive in search of the Pole. Thirty of them were Ostiak dogs, but as many more were of the East Siberian breed which are better sledge workers than those of the West. Nansen owed the success of his expedition to his canine companions ; without them his memorable journey with Johansen would have been impossible. The hardships of this adventure into the polar loneliness were severe upon the dogs, and many had to be killed in turn to provide food for their comrades of the trace. " On Wednesday evening Haren was killed ; poor beast, he was not good for much latterly, but he had been a first-rate
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