“Readddyy!” I yelled, taking a short breath before the second part of the command, “Hii–”
Before I had the word fully out of my mouth, the team of six Inuit huskies lunged forward, nearly pulling me off the runners. Holding onto the handlebar for balance, I precariously avoided the sole faux pas in the world of adventure dog sledding: letting the team run free.
Canadian Eskimo dogs, as they're also called, are the closest relatives of wolves and arrived in North America some 12,000 years ago. As the traditional form of travel in remote, rugged, and snowy landscapes, they’ve been instrumental in exploring and settling nearly every part of the Arctic. This wasn’t the first time they’d caught a newbie off guard, and probably not the last, either.