The Native Alaskan Survival Story That Revealed How Indigenous Knowledge Helped Humans Adapt To One Of Earth’s Harshest Environments
The expedition had brought a small number of sled dogs to the island.
These animals were not trained to the standard of what experienced Iñupiat mushers maintained — dogs that had been bred for Arctic conditions, trained over years to work in teams, and whose handlers knew how to manage them in the specific challenges of Arctic ice travel.
When Crawford, Maurer, and Galle set out across the sea ice toward Siberia on January 28, 1923, they took the remaining dogs with them.
They were using dog teams without the deep knowledge of dog team management that Iñupiat mushers possessed.
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