Husky News

Tomorrow is the first day of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race®, which is a popular tradition in Alaska. Read the rest of this entry »

The race for third place in this year’s Yukon Quest was close between Yukon musher Michelle Phillips and Alaskan David Dalton, with Dalton crossing the finish line 46 minutes ahead of Phillips in Whitehorse. Read the rest of this entry »

Defending Iditarod champion Lance Mackey won his fourth consecutive Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

Not even a strong challenge from his next-door neighbor and a costly wrong turn could keep Lance Mackey out of the record books. Read the rest of this entry »

Defending champion departs final checkpoint 19 minutes ahead of steadfast Ken Anderson. Read the rest of this entry »

Not even a strong challenge from his next-door neighbor and a costly wrong turn could keep Lance Mackey out of the record books. Read the rest of this entry »

Yukon Quest winner Lance Mackey, right, congratulates Ken Anderson for his second place finish early Wednesday morning, Feb. 20, 2008, in Whitehorse, Yukon. Read the rest of this entry »

Two Fairbanks-area mushers are neck-and-neck heading into the final stretch of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. Read the rest of this entry »

“Everybody went home happy,” is how American Dog Derby volunteer Karen Nygaard summarizes this year’s celebration of dogs in Ashton. Read the rest of this entry »

Mackey, Anderson teams sprint toward finish of 1,600 kilometre dog sled race. Read the rest of this entry »

Next-door neighbors Lance Mackey and Ken Anderson of Fairbanks will pull out of the final checkpoint at Braeburn early this afternoon, beginning their final push to the finish line of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race 100 miles away. Read the rest of this entry »

Jill Homer has been called a lot of different things. Strangers call her daring, yet crazy. Friends think she’s bordering on insanity, but brave. Family members think she is amazing but worry openly for her safety. Read the rest of this entry »

“Molodei!” (good) “Molodei!” shouts Dima, followed by “Horosho! (good) Horosho!”. Twenty-year old Dima Kovalev of Lisvyanka, Russia, was zipping us over the snow tracks through the woods behind a half dozen jazzed and excited sled dogs. Read the rest of this entry »

There are any number of parallels to be drawn between elite human and canine athletes. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s a rare year Michigan isn’t represented in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Read the rest of this entry »

Three of the 96 mushers in this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race will be from northeastern Minnesota. Read the rest of this entry »

When Alyson Smith follows her shadow, it doesn’t always mean the sun is out. Read the rest of this entry »

For kids: The Jr. Iditarod sled-dog race gives teens a taste of adventure in the Alaskan wilderness. Read the rest of this entry »

Three Minnesotans are among the 96 mushers who will compete in the 2008 Iditarod trail Sled Dog Race next month in Alaska. Read the rest of this entry »

Ludington native Ed Stielstra led 15 finishers in the U.P. 200 sled dog race, crossing the line 11 minutes and 25 seconds ahead of the second place finisher Sunday. The race is a qualifier for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Read the rest of this entry »