| When temperatures are low, dogs such as huskies, Alaskan malamutes and samoyeds, can safely race and pull sleds, or rigs. |
| All types of sled dogs will be participating, including Siberian Huskies, Malamutes and Samoyeds. |
| The Samoyed is Spitz-type which takes its name from the Siberian tribe of the Samoyeds. |
| It came from the west, and the sled carried a bulky man, 18 Samoyeds, and a large parcel of whale oil and furs. |
| Samoyeds were traditionally used to herd reindeer and guard against wolves and bears. |
| Thousands of years ago the ancestors of both the present Finno-Ugrians and the Samoyeds lived together in their Uralic homeland. |
