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Free, Downloadable Articles
" The
Qitdlarssuaq Chronicles" by Renee Wissink. In 1987, five men and two
dog teams journeyed over 1700 miles from Igluliq to Pond Inlet,
Nunavut and then on to Qaanaaq in Northwest Greenland, retracing the 19th
century migration of the great Shaman, Qitdlarssuaq, and his band of
followers.
"On
Being a Social Facilitator" by Mark Brazeau. The author shares his trials,
tribulations and secrets to keeping Inuit Sled Dogs in relative peace
and harmony.
| Date published | Read article on line | Download | File size | | | Sept. 2008 | V10, N4 | Click here | 3.6 MB |
"Bannock
Revisited" by Sue Hamilton. The author is overjoyed at finally learning how to make
edible bannock. She shares her recipes with The Fan Hitch readers.
GENERAL
"Dog
Yard Noise" by Dan Kato. The author is a mechanical engineer who has worked for over
thirty years in the field of acoustics and vibration. He is a part-time
acoustical consultant and occasional "adventure tourist" dog musher. In
this article, Dan discusses the problem of kennel noise, how neighbors
might define it, how to measure it, and he describes some sound
abatement techniques.
| Date published | Read article on line | Download | File size |
| Mar.
2006 | V8, N2 | Click here | 4.2 MB |
HEALTH, SCIENCE & ETHOLOGY
"Veterinary
Studies on the British Antarctic Survey's Sledge Dogs,
I: Survey of
Diseases and Accidents"; excerpted from the British Antarctic Survey
Bulletin, Number 21, 1969 by British Antarctic Survey veterinarian,
A.R.M. Bellars. The author first describes the typical circumstances surrounding
the life of a working dog: load size, team size, harnesses, distance
traveled. This is followed by a series of thirteen tables detailing, by
age and gender, reasons for mortality.
| Date published | Read article on line | Download | File size |
| May 2002 | V4, N3 | Click here | 1.5 MB |
"Veterinary
Studies on the British Antarctic Survey's Sledge Dogs,
II:
Occupational Osteoarthritis"; excerpted from the British Antarctic
Survey Bulletin, Number 22, 1969, pp. 15-38. In this research paper,
British Antarctic Husky veterinarians Drs. A.R.M. Bellars and M.F.
Godsal examine working huskies, both pre and post mortem, to evaluate
the degree to which the working life of sledge dogs results in
occupational (as opposed to inherited) osteoarthritis.
| Date published | Read article on line | Download | File size |
| Sept.
2002 | V4, N4 | Click here | 1.3 MB |
"Physiology
of Sledge Dogs"; originally published in Polar Record 8 (55): 317-321
(January 1957). British Antarctic Survey veterinarian Dr. R.J.F.
Taylor studied a population of sledge dogs, living and working under
harsh Antarctic conditions, to extract physiological data, focusing on
diet and work output.
| Date published | Read article on line | Download | File size |
| Mar.
2003 | V5, N2 | Click here | 578 KB |
"Evolutionary
Changes in Domesticated Dogs: The Broken Covenant of the Wild".
Biologist and author, Vladimir Beregovoy, describes the history,
function, contribution and value to human society of primitive
aboriginal dog breeds and contrasts them with their modern, "cultured"
relatives.
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