In front of it, in a single line, lay curled five frost-rimed dogs.

They were huskies, matched in size and color, all unusually large and all gray.

From their cruel jaws to their bushy tails they were as like as peas in their likeness to timber-wolves.

Wolves they were, domesticated, it was true, but wolves in appearance and in all their characteristics.
On top the sled load, thrust under the lashings and ready for immediate use, were two pairs of snowshoes.
Bettles pointed to a robe of Arctic hare skins, the end of which showed in the mouth of a bag.
"That's his bed," he said.

"Six pounds of rabbit skins.