Editing Dog sled (section)

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{{Short description|Sled pulled by one or more sled dogs}}
[[File:Trond Hansen (8436514576).jpg|thumb|A [[mushing|musher]] riding a dog sled in [[Røros Municipality|Røros]], Norway, during a [[sled dog racing|sled dog race]]]]

A '''dog sled''' or '''dog sleigh'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Collins 2012 digital dictionary |url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/dog-sleigh |access-date=3 December 2014}}</ref> is a [[sled]] pulled by one or more [[sled dog]]s used to travel over [[ice]] and through snow, a practice known as [[mushing]]. Numerous types of sleds are used, depending on their function. They can be used for [[Sled dog racing|dog sled racing]]. Traditionally in [[Greenland]] and the eastern Canadian [[Arctic]] the [[Inuit]] had the dogs pull in a fan shape in front of the sled, while in other regions, such as [[Alaska]] and the western part of [[Northern Canada]] the dogs pull side by side in pairs.