Sled dog the decline of the working sled dog. Recreational mushing came into place to maintain the tradition of dog mushing. The desire for larger, stronger, load-pulling dogs changed to one for faster dogs with high endurance used in racing, which caused the dogs to become lighter than they were historically. Americans then began to import Siberian Huskies to increase the speed of their own dogs, presenting "a direct contrast to the idea that Russian traders sought heavier draft-type sled dogs from the Interior regions of Alaska and the Yukon less than a century earlier to increase the hauling capacity of their
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