Dogsled Mail.

Thanks to The Canadian Museum of Civilization for all the links and great pics.

1. (3) The town of a) ________ grew from a little town of 1500 people when the gold rush started to a city of b) ___________ in about a year. c) (quote) The importance of the mail service in the Yukon was...? Link.
2. (3) a) By 1901 or 1902, about how many dogs were in Dawson? b) Why were dogs well suited to be used for delivering mail and other essentials in the Yukon? c) True or False? Dog teams only worked in the winter when there was enough ice for the sleds. Link.
3. (4) a) Where does the word "malamute" come from? It is another name for b) _________ or c) __________.  A dog team of 4 might cost up to d) $________... Link.
4. (4) ...whereas the sled would only cost about a) $________. The dog attached closest to the sled was called the b) _________ dog, and part of his job was to c) _____________. d) Was Jack London being true to life when he portrayed Francois making booties for Buck? Explain. Link.
5. (2) a) About how much weight was each dog pulling? (Less on more difficult trails.) b) How much could a "pack dog" carry in his pouches? Link.
6. (5) a) Name four of the things they fed the dogs, besides pemmican. b) What's pemmican? Link.
7. (2) a) What was the first obstacle for a dogsled mail carrier? b) What was the biggest danger? Link.
8. (3) a) True or False? Compared to the total number of dogs and people that came to the Yukon during that time, the number of them working on the mail routes was large because it was so difficult. b) True or False? Relatively speaking, mail service in the Yukon was a bargain. c) True or False? The Robert Service poem excerpt depicts a man who, like the mushers, has conquered the frozen Yukon. Link.
9. Based on what you have read, how true to Yukon life is Jack London being? (1-2 paragraphs, use examples.)