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A musher leads a team of sled dogs over an icy landscape.
A musher leads a team of sled dogs over an icy landscape.
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A driver directs his sled dogs across a snowy wilderness field.
A driver directs his sled dogs across a snowy wilderness field.
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Dogs pull a train of sleds over a snowy landscape.
Dogs pull a train of sleds over a snowy landscape.
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Dogs pull a man on a sled over the Alaskan tundra at sunset.
Dogs pull a man on a sled over the Alaskan tundra at sunset.
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Sled dogs pull a sledge along the snowy plains of Tasiilaq, Greenland.
Sled dogs pull a sledge along the snowy plains of Tasiilaq, Greenland.
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Pbs: Nova: Arctic Passage: My Life as an Explorer
Read an excerpt from Roald Amundsen's book, "My Life as an Explorer" where he describes his passage through the Northwest Passage. Learn what he learned from the Inuit people that helped him in future explorations.