Just after midday, we gripped the worn rope handles of a dogsled as 11 dogs surged across the frozen tundra of Western ...

Researchers analyzed ancient and modern genetic samples of the Greenlandic Qimmit breed to shed light on the long ...

A study published on July 10 in the journal Science maps the path of Greenland sled dogs from their ancient origins to the present day. Researchers sequenced the genomes of 92 dogs from regions of ...

Various types of sled dogs have been used by humans across the Arctic for almost 10,000 years, but new research reveals one particular type to be the oldest continuously domesticated breed.

The histories of sled dogs and humans in the Arctic have been intricately linked for thousands of years, so it is no surprise that the migration patterns of these dogs mirror those of humans through ...

Greenland dogs traveling with Inuit hunters over the frozen fjords of East Greenland. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Researchers analyzed the DNA of 92 Greenland sled dogs, both living and long deceased.

DNA From Greenland Sled Dogs – Maybe The World's Oldest Breed – Reveals 1,000 Years Of Arctic History Using the DNA from both modern dogs and ones found at archaeological sites, researchers ...

Throughout their long history, Qimmit have remained working dogs–still almost exclusively bred by mushers to pull sleds for ...

Greenland sled dogs can trace their origins back nearly 10,000 years. The Iditarod is the longest annual sled dog race– covering over 1,500 miles across Alaska.