When the sled was lashed and the complaining dogs harnessed, he returned into the cabin for his mittens.
At the bottom of the bank, beside the water-hole, he halted the sled. He worked the sack of gold out between the lashings and carried it to the water-hole.
He pulled the sled out, blinking like a night-bird as he passed from the shade of the spruces into the transparent dusk of the open.
He took his seat on the sled and Mattie instantly placed herself in front of him.
She waited while he seated himself with crossed legs in the front of the sled; then she crouched quickly down at his back and clasped her arms about him.
Once or twice the sled swerved a little under them.
As they drew near the end of the village the cries of children reached them, and they saw a knot of boys, with sleds behind them, scattering across the open space before the church.
He cites climate change as the main reason - but also explained he is approaching 63 and, after a life of also being a North Sea deep sea diver, the time has come to retire from the Cairngorm
Sled Dog Centre business.
Seavey's Ididaride provides summer and winter dog
sled tours in various packages; in particular, their winter tours are unique in that the clients are able to drive their own
sled dog team, partnered with a guide to provide assistance when necessary.
Tom Morton is a fifth-generation
sled maker and managing director of Paricon
Sleds, a Maine concern that holds the exclusive rights to make the Flexible Flyer.
The on-ice competition will consist of three, 12-minute periods of 5-on-5
sled hockey featuring members of the GLASA Falcons.