good ending to the dog trauma, I checked the pack over after we loaded the hide onto the sled. The dog had blood in his fur but did not appear to be hurt too bad. He ran with the sled team and was quite resilient. I don't know how he survived that but some how he made it through. I asked Sam later about my unexpected way the hunt unfolded, no dogs were released to distract the bear. He said this team was 10 new dogs and I old one. He reminded me when he first saw the bear, he loosed the old dog but that would not run to catch the bear so he put him back on the tether to pull the sled. Every polar hunt story is unique, I am very fortunate mine turned out so well.