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The Siberian Husky, Samoyed, and Alaskan Malamute are all breeds directly descended from the original "sled dog."[1] Recent DNA analysis confirms that this is one of the oldest breeds of dog.[2][3] The term "husky" is a corruption of the nickname "Esky" once applied to the Eskimos and subsequently to their dogs.[4]

Breeds descending from the Eskimo dog or Qimmiq [5] were once found throughout the Northern Hemisphere from Siberia to Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Labrador, and Baffin Island.[1]

With the help of Siberian Huskies, entire tribes of people were able not only to survive, but to push forth into terra incognita. Admiral Robert Peary of the United States Navy was aided by this breed during his expeditions in search of the North Pole.[1]

Dogs from the Anadyr River and surrounding regions were imported into Alaska from 1908 (and for the next two decades) during the gold rush for use as sled dogs, especially in the "All-Alaska Sweepstakes," a 408-mile (657-km) distance dog sled race from Nome, to Candle, and back. Smaller, faster and more enduring than the 100- to 120-pound (45- to 54-kg) freighting dogs then in general use, they immediately dominated the Nome Sweepstakes. Leonhard Seppala, the foremost breeder of Siberian Huskies of the time, participated in competitions from 1909 to the mid 1920s.[1]
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  • Location: Alexander City, AL
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