ILULISSAT, Greenland — When Stella Davidsen Olsen was 12 years old, her father presented her and her twin sister with a choice. Her family owned sled dogs, which can be expensive and a lot of work.

Second lady Usha Vance has scrapped a plan to attend Greenland's national dog sled race this week. But American tax dollars will help support the race anyway. NPR has learned that the State Department ...

Genomic data shed light on how populations of sled dogs — and their human handlers — have shifted over past 800 years. Sled dogs in Greenland do not share much of their DNA with wolves, despite their ...

Tethered between pastel-coloured wooden houses in the Greenlandic village of Kulusuk and on hills nearby, the island's famous sled dogs wait through the summer for the ice to form so their hunting ...