Stories from the Road
The Poles
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Stories from the Road
The Poles |
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The most extraordinary example of stabling horses in cold weather occurred in Greenland in 1912, when Danish explorer Johan Peter Koch led a party of four men and sixteen horses across the frozen interior of that nation. After arriving at the spot chosen for that night’s camp, the men would construct a snow stable (above) by digging a hole down into the snow just large enough to allow the ponies to stand close together for warmth. A tarpaulin would then be placed overhead and secured in place. In this way the animal’s body heat was retained within their little underground igloo.
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| Ponies at the Poles - a Proud History Who remembers that horses helped men explore the Arctic and the Antarctic for 43 years? Until today, the Polar “experts” have been pedestrians who do not understand the importance of horses in these regions. They mistakenly claim equines are not as robust as dogs and that there is nothing for them to eat on the snow. But the truth is very different.... |
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