EditorialBalto, in 1920, an Alaskan sled dog who led his team on the final leg of the 1925 serum run to Nome, Alaska, delivering diphtheria antitoxin to the city, which had been isolated by snow. (via The New York Times Photo Archives)
EditorialBalto, in 1920, an Alaskan sled dog who led his team on the final leg of the 1925 serum run to Nome, Alaska, delivering diphtheria antitoxin to the city, which had been isolated by snow. (via The New York Times Photo Archives)
EditorialBalto, in 1920, an Alaskan sled dog who led his team on the final leg of the 1925 serum run to Nome, Alaska, delivering diphtheria antitoxin to the city, which had been isolated by snow. (via The New York Times Photo Archives)
EditorialKarina Bernlow of Green Dog Svalbard with one of her sled dogs in Bolterdalen, in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, on April 21, 2022. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialKarina Bernlow of Green Dog Svalbard with one of her sled dogs in Bolterdalen, in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, on April 21, 2022. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialA sled is used to deliver corn to red-crowned cranes at a sanctuary in the village of Tsurui, near Kushiro, Japan, March 3, 2022. (James Whitlow Delano/The New York Times)
EditorialJen Lee, the goalie for the U.S. sled hockey team, celebrates with the team at the Beijing Paralympics, during the medal ceremony at China’s National Indoor Stadium, March 13, 2022. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Italian sled hockey team celebrates its come from behind overtime victory to beat the Czech Republic and take fifth place at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing, March 11, 2022.
EditorialYutao Cui of China, left, scores against Italy during China’s 6-0 victory at the Beijing 2022 Paralympics on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialA two-man Olympic bobsled team pulls its sled from a truck to the starting gate at the National Sliding Center in Yanqing, China, Feb. 9, 2022. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialKaillie Humphries during a training session run at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre at the 2022 Winter Olympics, in China, on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialAs Ukrainian soldiers watch and wait in icy trenches at a forward observation post nearby, a resident of Svitlodarsk, Ukraine, pulls children through snowy streets on a sled on Jan. 22, 2022. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)
EditorialA dog heads to the sleds near Lake Umbagog in southern Maine on Jan. 28, 2022. The sled dogs are selected as much for responsiveness to humans as strength. (Erik Freeland/The New York Times)