Man's Best Friends Being Recognized

So...  Here's something extremely cool, pardon the pun.  In the expedition to the South Pole in 1911-1912, they used ponies and dogs to help them along the way, and now they are finally being officially recognized.

Something that is rather neat is the fact that they've found out the actual names of some of these animals, and air controllers use their' names as way point names in recent years.  Of course some of the names have been shortened to fit the five letter code that radio controllers use, but nonetheless, it is rather amazing.

Here's a link to the article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/science/28polar.html?ref=science