Every Picture Tells A Story: Strong Dogs on Antarctic Expedition (1911)

Every Picture Tells A Story: Stout Dogs on Antarctic Expedition (1911)

Photographer Frank Hurley snaps his whimsical and wise looking Greenland esquimaux dogs named Basilisk and Ginger during an Antarctic expedition between 1911-1914. Image discovered via the State Library of New South Wales. See original.

Every Picture Tells A Story: Stout Dogs on Antarctic Expedition (1911)

I love big, energetic and athletic dogs like this. I’m inspired by my friend A Weirdo With on here, who wants to have some Great Danes. I have read about Siberian Huskies as a breed and apparently they need about 2 hours of exercise each day. So a dog who needs a lot of attention and time. I am still not perturbed by this and would love to go ahead with getting a pair of them. I have fantasies of have two of them driving me in a sled through the snow in Polish forest…maybe one day!

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