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Dog sled
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<p>A dog sled or dog sleigh is a <a href="/facts/Sled/llktnpSX">sled</a> pulled by one or more <a href="/facts/Sled_dog/Hfu1yLrI">sled dogs</a> used to travel over <a href="/facts/Ice/BGvkKFjD">ice</a> and through snow, a practice known as <a href="/facts/Mushing/5oyhnVCs">mushing</a>. Numerous types of sleds are used, depending on their function. They can be used for <a href="/facts/Sled_dog_racing/jnjSHvpL">dog sled racing</a>. Traditionally in <a href="/facts/Greenland/aagXRTB7">Greenland</a> and the eastern Canadian <a href="/facts/Arctic/bxbuUz7Q">Arctic</a> the <a href="/facts/Inuit/wJaIGexN">Inuit</a> had the dogs pull in a fan shape in front of the sled, while in other regions, such as <a href="/facts/Alaska/LlDNr2uR">Alaska</a> and the western part of <a href="/facts/Northern_Canada/hQcSoWkW">Northern Canada</a> the dogs pull side by side in pairs. </p>