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The Big Picture Focuses on Big Dogsleds

by steve casimiro on February 9, 2010 · 3 comments

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Four dogsled huskie dogs Can’t resist a good dogsled dog: Hardworking, strong, tireless, scrappy, Paul Newman eyes. Neither, apparently, can the photo editors at the Boston Globe’s the Big Picture. Today’s piece features 30 shots of four-legged sledders, seemingly happy in their element. Worth lingering…head on over there.

Canadian Inuit dogs pull a sled using traditional harnesses Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 in Iqaluit, Canada. Iqaluit, population 7,000, may seem an unlikely venue for a G-7 bull session about the global economy, but the host nation chose it in part to underscore a message about sovereignty over its part of the Arctic. (AP Photo/Rob Gillies)

A man looks through the window with his dog at a kennel for breeding and training hunting and sled dogs outside Orsha, 240 kms from the Belarus capital Minsk, on February 5, 2010. AFP PHOTO / ALEXEY GROMOV (Photo credit should read ALEXEY GROMOV/AFP/Getty Images)

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

A sled dog waits in the snow before this weekend's sled dog Rally in Aviemore, Scotland January 21, 2010. Organised by the Siberian Husky Club of Great Britain the rally is run on tracks around Loch Morlich in the shadow of the Cairngorms. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne (BRITAIN - Tags: ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT)

A woman walks her husky in Yildiz park in the center of Istanbul during a snowy day on January 25, 2010. Snowfall was expected to continue until late January 25 and could reach 35 centimeters (14 inches) in some areas of Istanbul, according to the city's natural disaster coordination center. AFP PHOTO / MUSTAFA OZER (Photo credit should read MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)

AVIEMORE, UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 21: Lisa Curtin prepares for the 27th annual Aviemore Husky Sled Dog Rally beside Loch Morlich on January 21, 2010 Aviemore, Scotland. Over 1,000 dogs will take part in the biggest event in the Husky dog calendar this year which will be competed on snow for the first time in 15 years (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

Leon Shaner February 9, 2010 at 18:39 pm: Awww.
Sinuhe February 9, 2010 at 20:18 pm: We all know Charlie is the best looking dog… Don’t make me post a link…
Matthew Lee February 12, 2010 at 13:28 pm: If you like sled dogs, then you’ll appreciate the epic Yukon Quest Sled Dog Race heating up right about now as the leaders pass through Dawson, the half-way point of this 1,000mi race. Live SPOT tracking is covering all the action here: http://www.yukonquest.com/site/live-tracking/

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