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February 8, 2010 |
Dogs and sleds
Dogsleds are in the news lately, as several races have recently taken place around the Northern Hemisphere, and as transportation choices for both a meeting of the G-7 and the start of the 2010 U.S. census. Mushers brought representatives to Iqaluit, a small village in Nunavut Territory, chosen to host a recent G-7 meeting, in part so Canada could assert sovereignty over its part of the Arctic. The 2010 U.S. Census, as per tradition, kicked off its count on January 25th in a rural part of Alaska in the small village of Noorvik, as census takers arrived by dogsled. And recent dogsled races include Le Grand Odyssee, the Sedivackuv Long, Pirena, the Aviemore Husky Sled Dog Rally and many more smaller regional competitions. Collected here are a handful of recent photos of sleds, dogs, and their humans. (30 photos total)

Three-year-old J-Sun Inti howls to the tunes of his owner's harmonica. He is part of the Boston Snowdogs dog slead team out of Dorchester as they awaited to take part in the Myopia dog sled competition on Saturday January 16, 2010 in Hamilton, Massachusetts. J-Sun Inti was a rescue dog and was adopted in Peru, his name means "son of the sun" in the Tarahumara language. (Essdras M Suarez/ Globe Staff)

Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty rides in a dogsled across a frozen Frobisher Bay off Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, February 5, 2010 as Canada plays host to the G7 Finance Ministers in the northern community. Iqaluit residents beamed with pride Friday, eager to showcase Canada's far north to the world when G7 finance minister's meet here this weekend. (GEOFF ROBINS/AFP/Getty Images) #

Sled dogs and their mushers prepare to bivouac at the Mount Cenis (Mont Cenis) polar base after the first leg of the "Grand Odyssee" sixth edition, from Lanslebourg to Haute Maurienne Vanoise, early on January 17, 2009. Twenty of the world best teams and 350 dogs compete along a 1,000 km course held over three days in French Alps. (JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK/AFP/Getty Images) #

Pete Jones and his team prepare for the 27th annual Aviemore Husky Sled Dog Rally beside Loch Morlich on January 21, 2010 in Aviemore, Scotland. Over 1,000 dogs will take part in the biggest event in the Husky dog calendar this year which will be raced on snow for the first time in 15 years. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) #

Musher Quin Iten, son of Iditarod sled dog race veteran Ed Iten, smooches lead sled dog Inga as they prepare to run a trail in the remote Inupiat Eskimo village of Noorvik, Alaska, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010. Mushers were practicing for the arrival of the U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves to formally launch the nation's 2010 count in Noorvik, Alaska, where residents are planning a huge reception of traditional dancing and a feast of caribou, moose and other foods. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) #

A musher rides his dog sled during the Sedivackuv Long dog sled race in Destne v Orlickych Horach, Czech Republic on January 27, 2010. Each year, racers from all over Europe arrive to the village of Destne in the Orlicke mountains in the Czech Republic to take part in this race series. (REUTERS/David W Cerny) #
More links and information
Canada Picks Remote Town for G-7 to Prove Point on Arctic - NYTimes.com, 2/6
Pirena 2010 - Official race site
Le Grand Odyssee - Official race site
Dog sledding - The Big Picture, March, 2009