Why ride a horse when you can ski behind one?

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c. 1909

Image: Anders Beer Wilse / Arts Council Norway via Europeana

"Skijoring": the word derives from the Norwegian skikjøring, which translates as "ski driving" in English. In a skijoring race, skiiers being pulled by a riderless horse on a frozen lake.

The race typically lasts between...

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