A Pulka (Swedish) / Pulk (Norwegian) / Pulkka (Finnish), from Sami language bulke, is a Scandinavian short, low-slung small toboggan used in sport or for transport, pulled by a dog or a skier. The sled can be used to carry supplies such as a tent or food, or transport a child or other person. In Norway, pulkas are often used by families with small children on skiing trips (small children being pulled by the parents). More commonly, it is used to transport children when walking, or by the children for tobogganing downhill. Self-evidently, this mode of transport necessarily requires an even snow cover. Pulkas are nowadays made of plastic, which makes them cheap to buy.
A larger pulka, designed for transporting larger amounts of goods, is called ahkio [ahkio] in Finnish. This word is also used by the US Army for a human-drawn snow sled.
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External links
- "The Gear Junkie," a syndicated newspaper columnist in the United States, has an in-depth review of a pulk sled here: http://thegearjunkie.com/gear-review-eds-wilderness-systems-ski-pulk
- Providing reviews of a number of XC ski sleds: http://www.xcskiworld.com/family/Parents/sleds.htm
- The French Website of pulk: http://www.skirandonnenordique.com
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