Sledge dogs of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1947–50

The following notes are intended not as a rigid set of rules but as a guide for future antarctic travellers: common sense must be used in their application. Systematic breeding, training and driving of dogs are essential in an organization as large as the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, but mo...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Adie, Raymond J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Cambridge University Press 1953
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Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/526982/
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400047689
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Summary:The following notes are intended not as a rigid set of rules but as a guide for future antarctic travellers: common sense must be used in their application. Systematic breeding, training and driving of dogs are essential in an organization as large as the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, but modifications must naturally be made to suit particular requirements.