Sled dog It has been billed as the "World Series of mushing events" and "The Last Great Race on Earth". The first Arctic explorers were men with sled dogs. Due to the success of using sled dogs in the Arctic, it was thought they would be helpful in the Antarctic exploration as well, and many explorers made attempts to use them. Sled dogs were used until 1992, when they were banned from Antarctica by the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty. Carsten Borchgrevink used sled dogs in Antarctica in 1898, but it was much colder than expected at Cape Adare.
He Is Na Dog, He Is a Lam although he joked with James Dog in verse, no malice was intended. He merely wanted to entertain the Queen. He dispenses more praise for Dog. Then with mock sympathy for the man he has just praised he prays that Dog's wife, who supposedly beats her husband, should be "drowned in a dam." Mrs. Dog, who is also unfaithful to her husband, should be "thoroughly beaten with a rail". Dunbar then seamlessly returns to his praise of the "obedient" James Dog and so concludes the poem. He Is Na Dog, He Is a Lam He Is Na Dog, He Is A