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PALMER — Veteran Iditarod musher Ramey Smyth was seriously injured in a small-plane crash at the Willow Airport on Tuesday ...
She originally treated it as a ‘leisurely trip’—until she discovered that men were betting she wouldn’t make it, and women ...
A former model trades high heels for snow boots, embracing life as a sled dog musher in Alaska while rescuing and training ...
Two dogs died over the weekend in the Iditarod, the first canine casualties in the grueling 1,000-mile sled dog race in five years, prompting PETA to call for an end to the endurance race that has ...
Brent Sass was just miles from fulfilling his dream of winning the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska when vicious, 60-mph winds whipped in from the Bering Sea, taking visibility down to about … ...
Mitch Seavey, a three-time Iditarod champion, said he carries two guns – a .44 Magnum and .357 Magnum – during the annual dog sledding race in Alaska. That way, Seavey says, he’s ready for ...
Iditarod punishes 3 mushers for sheltering dogs despite harsh conditions they say "could lead to death" of animals March 28, 2022 / 12:16 PM EDT / CBS/AP ...
The Iditarod’s governing body implemented measures to reduce the spread of the virus in 2020, 2021 and this year. The race requires all participants — from mushers to veterinarians to ...
The Junior Iditarod has been run since 1978, just five years after the first Iditarod. The race is supported by sponsors, which help provide the prizes: The winner receives a new dog sled, a ...
This year's Iditarod route was 120 miles longer than normal as the route had to be changed due to a lack of snow. But Emily Ford still finished 18th out of 33 mushers in her first go at it.
You can interpret the Iditarod's motto, "the last great race on Earth," two ways. The first goes hand-in-hand with Alaska's boast of being the Final Frontier, the last piece of untouched ...
The Iditarod treats it as a slow-motion crisis, handling problems as they come, trying to anticipate the future. For now, more and more work is done during the summer to reroute troublesome sections.