Husky News

You can add another sled dog race that will go along Alaska’s western coast. Read the rest of this entry »

Martin Buser left Takotna at about 10 p.m. Wednesday, the first to take to the trail after completing his 24-hour layover. Read the rest of this entry »

Two mushers have dropped out of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race at the Rainy Pass checkpoint. Read the rest of this entry »

Four-time winner Martin Buser is leading the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race from Anchorage to Nome. Read the rest of this entry »

Kasilof musher Paul Gebhardt, who arrived in Nikolai today with three dogs in his sled, scratched from the race early this afternoon. Read the rest of this entry »

Two mushers scratched this morning in Rainy Pass. Read the rest of this entry »

Iditarod race judge John Anderson flagged down a veterinarian Monday afternoon outside the canvas tent where musher after musher arrived on frozen Puntilla Lake throughout the day. Read the rest of this entry »

Only in its 11th year, the Yukon Quest 300 is still a baby in comparison to the 28-year-old 1,000-mile race. But after looking at the field, it seems to be growing up. Read the rest of this entry »

When a plane lands in Eagle to drop off supplies, it doesn’t stay on the ground for long. Tuesday afternoon, it only took a minute to unload 1,200 pounds of Yukon Quest drop bags from a Piper Cheftain fuselage. Read the rest of this entry »

A well-known roadhouse in the Steese Highway community of Central reopened its doors last Friday, providing a traditional checkpoint for the upcoming Yukon Quest dog sled race. Read the rest of this entry »

Jake Berkowitz took on the big boys and won at the Copper Basin 300 sled dog race that finished Monday at Paxson Lodge. Read the rest of this entry »

FINISH TODAY: Four mushers have separated themselves from the pack. As a clear, calm evening of sub-zero temperatures settled over Copper Basin on Sunday, a passel of top mushers were sorting themselves out as perhaps the most competitive Copper Basin 300 in history headed into its stretch run. Read the rest of this entry »

Lance Mackey clocked the swiftest time in the first stretch of the Copper Basin 300 sled-dog race, which began Saturday afternoon in Paxson. Read the rest of this entry »

Despite the rapid disappearance of snow from last week’s blizzard, organizers of the Laconia World Championship Sled Dog Derby are optimistic that there’ll be plenty of the white stuff in time for the 81st running of the event next month. Read the rest of this entry »

Daryl Hollingsworth drove his 14-dog team to the first-day lead in the open class of the Orville and Doris Lake Memorial sled dog race at Tozier Track. Read the rest of this entry »

Reach the finish line, earn a check. Read the rest of this entry »

Congratulations to Jeff King, winner of this year’s Copper Basin 300!! He finishing time was 50 hours and 34 minutes. Whew!! That was fast. Read the rest of this entry »

Alaska sled dogs and mushers: A teaching unit about the iditarod race and other dog races

Image taken on 2008-08-12 22:31:02 by Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.