| The Manchester University academic and a pal are heading to the Greenland Icecap on sledges pulled by giant kites. |
| Book III examines methods of transporting objects by such means as sledges, the use of cranes, and looks at wine presses. |
| I went tobogganing with my sister and her friend, using those big industrial plastic sacks as sledges. |
| To train for schlepping the 200-plus pound sledges, he suggests that clients drag a string of tractor tires behind them on their favorite hikes. |
| There flourished a very wolf-like breed, the stout husky, reined in as it is to provide human transport by hauling sledges across frozen tundra. |
| In winter, teams of horses dragged sledges loaded with cut logs across frozen lakes. |
