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Nadezhda Dog Sledding Races in Chukotka, Russia
April 26, 2011 by admin
Nadezhda is one of the biggest dog sledding races in Russia’s Chukotka. Takes place annually in April. Lasts 2 weeks. Total distance is 1114 km across ice- and snow-hummocks. It is “the race on the edge of the Earth.”
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December 28, 2010 by admin
It’s exciting to sled with Yakut laikas on the Siberian river of Lena in extremely cold winter. Look at pictures of dog sledding in Yakutia, Siberia/Russia.
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