Katabatic dogs
Jul 15, 02:36 PM
"Scientists think that humans migrated north of the Arctic Circle with their dogs about 25,000 years ago and began using them to pull sleds roughly 3,000 years ago. So, the Greenland dog is a very old breed of man’s best friend. For thousands of years, they have been used by Innuits and Greenlanders for travel and survival in the Arctic. It was also the Greenland dog who successfully pulled the sleds used by Roald Amundsen’s team to the South Pole in 1911.
"In the harshest environments on Earth, north and south, this ancient dog breed has been man’s worker and companion, enduring what most animals cannot. The sounds used in my piece, recorded in “dog town” in Sisimiut on Greenland by Lisa Germany, are the excited yaps of dogs being harnessed for the sled. The wind noise you hear is actual katabatic wind from Adelie land in the Antarctic, thus bringing the north and south together in one piece."
Greenland dog recording reimagined by Eva Q Månsson.
Part of the Migration Sounds project, the world’s first collection of the sounds of human migration.
For more information and to explore the project, see https://www.citiesandmemory.com/migration
"In the harshest environments on Earth, north and south, this ancient dog breed has been man’s worker and companion, enduring what most animals cannot. The sounds used in my piece, recorded in “dog town” in Sisimiut on Greenland by Lisa Germany, are the excited yaps of dogs being harnessed for the sled. The wind noise you hear is actual katabatic wind from Adelie land in the Antarctic, thus bringing the north and south together in one piece."
Greenland dog recording reimagined by Eva Q Månsson.
Part of the Migration Sounds project, the world’s first collection of the sounds of human migration.
For more information and to explore the project, see https://www.citiesandmemory.com/migration