ARTHUR WALDEN & CHINOOK HISTORY - PART I - ARTHUR
Admiral Byrd appointed Arthur Walden lead driver and dog trainer for Byrd's 1929 Antarctic Expedition. Byrd wrote in Little America, "Had it not been for the dogs, our attempts to conquer the Antarctic by air must have ended in failure. On January 17th, Walden's single team of thirteen dogs moves 3,500 pounds of supplies from ship to base, a distance of 16 miles each trip, in two journeys. Walden's team was the backbone of our transport. Seeing him rush his heavy loads along the trail, outstripping the younger men, it was difficult to believe that he was an old man. He was 58 years old, but he had the determination and strength of youth". (page 107 Little America).

The Arthur Walden era started in 1917 with the birth of Chinook and ran into the 1940s. Toward the last part of this era, Julia Lombard also participated in developing the breed with Arthur Walden.

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