Over the past several years, I’ve found that one surefire way to impress people here on the East Coast is to mention that I once lived in Alaska. I become something of a novelty, as curious New Yorkers inquire about my year in Fairbanks. Read the rest of this entry »
Although some Krabloonik dogs have minor health issues, for the most part they are in good health, according to seven independent veterinarians who examined the canines in Snowmass Village Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Sled-dog racing pundits said it couldn’t be done. Read the rest of this entry »
Lance Mackey set off Sunday on the competitive portion of the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, armed with a serious mission _ to repeat history by again winning two grueling back-to-back races. Read the rest of this entry »
Many mushers can tell a story of a time when their dogs saved them — sometimes on the trail, sometimes off. Read the rest of this entry »
Sled-dog bloodlines are meticulously bred to ensure the best possible genes pass on to future generations. The same can almost be said for the men and women who drive their dogs in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Read the rest of this entry »
Speedy Kjetil Backen, kennel partner of two-time champion Robert Sorlie, flew into the Finger Lake checkpoint before dawn on Monday to seize the early lead in the 36th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Backen, the third-place finisher in the 2004 Iditarod has been moving. Read the rest of this entry »
For a solitary soul, Laura Daugereau sure can talk. Ask her an initial question, and she speaks for 11 ceaseless minutes, discussing the outdoors, home-schooling, Christianity, humidity, dyslexia and, of course, dogs. Oh, how she loves her dogs. That’s why we are having this conversation. Read the rest of this entry »
Thousands of people lined Fourth Avenue downtown and sections of the 11-mile route to Campbell Airstrip on Saturday to bid a record 96 Iditarod mushers farewell for their formidable winter journey across the wildest reaches of Alaska. Read the rest of this entry »
The 36th annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race launched from the world of glass, steel, concrete and traffic on Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »
Nancy Johnson’s 12 sled dogs could be found curled up under blankets on beds of straw at the Grand Forks checkpoint Saturday evening, after they ran about 80 miles in the first Red River Sled Dog Derby. Read the rest of this entry »
Only a week ago, water flowed a foot deep over the Iditarod Trail north of Rohn where the Post River spills out of the aptly named Terra Cotta Mountains to meet the mighty Kuskokwim River, which drains the Alaska Range north toward the village of Nikolai. Read the rest of this entry »
The Junior North American Sled Dog Championships got off to a good start Friday, as 34 young mushers and their families hit the trails at the Jeff Studdert Racegrounds despite blustery weather. Read the rest of this entry »
Today, many Arizonans will take advantage of sunny skies and enjoy a balmy day outside. But “north to Alaska,” 63 mushers will embark on a more-than 1,150-mile journey in very different conditions in the 2008 Iditarod sled dog race. 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 »
It’s a rare year Michigan isn’t represented in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Read the rest of this entry »
Yukon Quest veterinarian Nene Wolfe watches as Ken Anderson’s dog Bodra, right, enjoys a stretch after Anderson and his team pulled into Pelly Crossing minutes ahead of Lance Mackey. Read the rest of this entry »
In a moment of camaraderie among the tight competition, Yukon Quest front runners Lance Mackey and Ken Anderson agreed to rest together at Carmacks following a 160-kilometre run. Read the rest of this entry »
A lot can happen when one doesn’t see the two leaders of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race for almost 48 hours. Read the rest of this entry »
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