The Sledge Dogs of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1945–46

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: James, David
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1947
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Bingham; Hope Bay; Antarc*; Polar Record; Huskies
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400037177; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400037177

In early 1945, having had no previous experience of dogs or dog-driving, I was given charge of twenty-five huskies at the Hope Bay base of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey. These dogs were purchased in Labrador by Surg.-Cdr. E. W. Bingham, R.N., and Capt. N. B. Marshall in the autumn of 1944...