Evidence of dog sleddng goes back 8,000 years. It was used to travel and pull loads. Dog sledding is now a sport and a recreation. The longest race is in Alaska, the Iditarod measuring 1,500 km; the record for completion 7 days 14 hours. Norway has its own version, 1,200 km starting and finishing in Alta.
We visited a husky farmer who both races and takes guests on tours of upto 14 days. At the time of our visit to the farm, we could not do any sledding as it was too icy for the carts used for summer training but not enough snow on the tracks for sledding. The farm is home to 30 huskeys. In the big races it is usual to have a team of 14 but for recreation 6 or 8. In race conditions a team can run upto 100 miles a day.
Shilli-Fully Travels 