Travelers of the Cold Quotes

“Anyone who does not own dogs is not considered to be entirely a ‘man’ or member of the race. Proficiency, experience, and social rank are judged according to the number of animals attached to the sled: a boy is not admitted to the community of hunters until the moment that he demonstrates his ability to drive the sled.”
― Dominique Cellura, Travelers of the Cold: Sled Dogs of the Far North

“The first dogsleds were used some four thousand years ago in central Siberia, north of Lake Bikal. Ancient rock paintings show that the innovations of this practice were the tribes of the Samoyeds, Koryaks, and nomadic Chukchis, now known as the Tchouktches”
― Dominique Cellura, Travelers of the Cold: Sled Dogs of the Far North

“The Eskimo way of thinking sees the dog as the beginning of life on earth. Dogs were found everywhere, along with the prototypes of the moon and the crow, in the legends and mythology of the Artic. Certain ethnic groups even claim to share a common ancestor with them.”
― Dominique Cellura, Travelers of the Cold: Sled Dogs of the Far North