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Sled dogs, which have long played a central role in Arctic lifeways, exemplify how animals function as active participants in socio-ecological systems and can be understood as forms of biological technology. Through domestication, selective breeding, and sustained practices of training and care, sled dogs developed physiological, behavioural, and genetic traits associated with endurance, thermoregulation, metabolism, and cooperative work. At the same time, humans developed harnesses, sleds, and mobility practices designed to work in tandem with canine capabilities, forming integrated transportation systems. Building on this perspective, we propose a transportation hypothesis of dog domestication. Rather than viewing transport as a late application of already domesticated dogs, we argue that mobility may have been one of the principal technological functions through which the human\u2013dog partnership became evolutionarily and culturally stable. 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