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The call of the wild fuels explorer's North Pole dream - Chicago Tribune 12/15/06 |
By Russell Working, Chicago Tribune
December 25, 2006
ELY, MINN. Twenty sled dogs are straining at their chains, rising on their hind legs to paw the air. They yelp at the humans who are untangling harnesses and choosing 10 lucky huskies who will go for a run in the snowy north woods.
The dogs are wilder than a neighborhood full of suburban mutts anticipating a ride in the car. The chosen ones appear ecstatic. The despair of those left behind is articulated by yowls that slip fluidly into the howling of wolves.
"Sled dogs live to pull," says John Huston, polar expeditioner, dog musher, Antarctic history buff.
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