No second lady, no problem: the shuttling race of the Greenland dog goes to the ground
At the foot of the shiny Monte Nasaasaaq- "The king of the mountains" -a Sisimiut, in Greenland, hundreds of spectators put themselves in bundles in bright jackets, isolated pants and heavy boots have flanked a track full of snow on Saturday waiting for the runners to slide beyond.The low sun shone from the ice. The snow creak under the feet, fine and dry like sifted flour. The flags of Rossa and white Greenland have sprung up everywhere - from the poles, hidden in hoods, banging in mitte hands.For more than three decades, Greenland has held a national league championship for dogs - the aforementioned Qimussersua, which means, in the Greenish language, "the great North race". This year the event brought together more than 25 Mushers-Tras to whom a 14-year-old boy rather hard-and at least 4...