Siberian Husky

On the north coast, Leonard stopped a sled near the needle where he had spent the night before, led the dogs into a hut, fed them, and took the serum warm, hoping the storm would subside in a couple of hours. Early in the morning the temperature was still 30 degrees below zero, the storm continued to rage, and Leonard had to continue the transition in these conditions.

An Arctic storm raging over Nome prevented airplanes from Seattle, where there was a supply of serum, from delivering the drug by air. The party was sent from Anchorage by train to Nenana, where the railway line ended; only dog ​​sleds could go on, on the way from Anchorage to Nome, called the Iditarod Trail. Equipped expedition-relay for the fastest delivery of serum consisted of 20 drivers and about 150 dogs, they had to pass a section of road from Nenana to Nome length of 1,085 km.

History has preserved for us the names of the people who were at the origins of this factory breed. These are William Gusak, a fur trader from the Russian Empire (who raced in Alaska in 1909), Foke Maul Ramsey, a Scottish gold miner (in 1911), and Olaf Swenson, a fur trader who seriously studied the Chukchi practice of keeping and breeding these dogs in the late 1930s. , and, of course, Kayur Leonard Seppala.

Dogs of this breed are friendly and affectionate, active, naughty and restless. Huskies like to be on the move, and their fiery energy needs a constant output.

Husky hair is of medium length, with a soft dense undercoat and smooth, straight, not too stiff bristle hair. Colors are different, including black, white, black and white, gray, red, general and others. Husky eyes are brown and blue, although they occur and deteriorate with heterochromia - when the iris of different colors.

The ancestors of modern dogs were bred in Northeast Asia, where they were used by nomadic tribes as sled dogs. During the gold rush, they were brought to Alaska. Riding dogs have become popular there over time. It was the Huskies who took part in the Great Race of Mercy and helped deliver the diphtheria serum to the city of Nom, which was on the verge of death.