A millennium-long story about Greenland is written in the genes of the island’s sled dogs. A new genomic analysis, published July 10 in Science, suggests that humans (and their sled dogs ...

A team of genetics researchers has sequenced the genomes of Greenland sled dogs, or qimmeq (plural qimmit), both living and dead. Their results shed light on both the development of this breed and ...

Led by study author Tatiana Feuerborn, the research provides insights into Greenland sled dogs' spread and movement over millennia and the accompanying human history. By analyzing the genomes, the ...

More recently, the sport has been under threat by a warming climate. The race consists of about 37 mushers and 444 dogs from across Greenland. Each team is made up of 10 to 14 dogs.

ILULISSAT, Greenland — When Stella Davidsen Olsen was 12 years old, her father presented her and her twin sister with a choice. Her family owned sled dogs, which can be expensive and a lot of work.

Specifically, the Greenland sled dog–called Qimmeq (singular), or Qimmit (plural) in Greenlandic–has a history traceable all the way back 9,500 years to Zhokhov Island in Eastern Siberia.

She didn’t. But a lot of people talked about this as the mushers did their work. Greenland’s national dog sled race in Sisimiut, Greenland, on Saturday. Video by Maya Tekeli ...

Greenlandic sled dogs, also known as Qimmit, play while resting. Markus Trienke via Wikimedia Commons under CC-BY-SA-2.0 Man’s best friend has been our faithful companion for thousands of years ...