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Перевод: sledge

Riding in the sledge is an experience.
My dogs were straining against the sledge now and yelping as if badly hurt.
from standstill to top speed was, it seemed, instant, with me fighting to stay in balance as the sledge buckled over the rough trail.
Occasionally the front of the sledge runner, about 2 or 3 metres in front of me, hits a hummock of snow and my face is thwacked by a handful of icy flour.
To fix the sledge you use the snow hook, shaped like a double fish hook but about a foot long and wide.
Between us we harness two teams and go out with one of us sitting in a sledge driven by Tove, one on the back of Odd-Knut's Sno-Go snow scooter, and the other tentatively riding the second sledge.
You use this both to anchor the sledge during a trip, by stamping it into the snow, and at the start of each day to hold the sledge, by clunking it on to a tree trunk.
To get the sledge ready you anchor it firmly; this is vital because once you have attached your first dog he will start to tow and the whole shooting match will be long gone by the time you get back with your second dog.
Then we could go to his place and learn to sledge.
Ahead I can see that Odd-Knut has stopped and is off his sledge.
When it is my turn on the sledge the experience is incomparable.
This piece allows the dog line the tow line - to operate in a different plane to the sledge and also absorbs some of shock of towing.