Sled dog racing Sled dog racing Sled dog racing (sometimes termed dog sled racing) is a winter dog sport most popular in the Arctic regions of the United States, Canada, Russia, Greenland and some European countries. It involves the timed competition of teams of sled dogs that pull a sled with the dog driver or "musher" standing on the runners. The team completing the marked course in the least time is judged the winner. A sled dog race was a demonstration sport at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York and again at the Olympics in Oslo, and once more in
Sirius Dog Sled Patrol Sirius Dog Sled Patrol The Sirius Dog Sled Patrol (), known informally as "Siriuspatruljen" (the Sirius Patrol) and formerly known as "North-East Greenland Sledge Patrol" and "Resolute Dog Sled Patrol", is an elite Danish naval unit. It conducts long-range reconnaissance patrolling, and enforces Danish sovereignty in the Arctic wilderness of northern and eastern Greenland, an area that includes the largest national park in the world. Patrolling is usually done in pairs, sometimes for four months and often without additional human contact. The Sirius Patrol has the ability to engage militarily, and has done so historically. Its purpose is to maintain