Run until dead
Subtitle: a brief history of the polar expedition dog
By: Marget Florio
Publisher: Polar Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Mercersburg, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 138
ISBN-13: 9781450735506
Subjects: Sled dogs; Discovery and exploration; Scientific expeditions; Human-animal relationships; Explorers; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-136) and index.

Copyright ♭ 2010 Marget Florio
Table of contents: title: Dogs of the Arctic. The origins of the expedition dog ; Early views of sled dogs ; 19th century schools of polar travel. Nansen's dogs : drift with the Fram, 1893 ; Peary's dogs : planned expendables, 1895; title: Dogs of the Antarctic. The Rosselli map of 1508 ; The road to the Pole. Borchgrevink's dogs : anti-freeze agents, 1898 ; Scott's dogs : cashiered from top job, 1910 ; Amundsen's dogs : kings of the trail, 1910 ; Mawson's dogs : vitamin A complications, 1911 ; Shackleton's dogs : go with the floe, 1914 ; Joyce's dogs : the old pros take over, 1914 ; Byrd's dogs : freight train specialists, 1928 ; The massacre at the East Base : failed bomb, 1941; title: Dovers' dogs : rookery culprits, 1951 ; Fuchs' dogs : best pals, 1957; title: Afterword. A salute to the superdogs.