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The Physiology of Sledge Dogs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

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In 1954 and 1955 the author was stationed at Hope Bay in Graham Land, as one of the twelve men at Base D of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey. During this time an investigation was carried out into the physiology of sledge dogs. This investigation was divided into two main parts: the first was a study of the sledging diet, and the second of the factors affecting the work output of sledge dogs.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1957

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