Global warming threatening the future of iconic dog sled races around the world
Climate change could continue to complicate iconic dogsledding races around the country as rising global temperatures make ...
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The 2025 Iditarod starts on Saturday. Here’s what to know.
The Iditarod starts with a parade-like celebration in Anchorage on Saturday, March 1.
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What to know about the longest, smallest, flattest Iditarod yet as it begins in Anchorage and Fairbanks
With just 33 competitors, this year’s race is tied with 2023 for having the smallest field. But the mushers will travel a ...
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Interior Alaska communities now along the Iditarod trail sprint to make way for mushers
Business owners and checkpoint volunteers say they're busy readying food and beds for Iditarod teams after race organizers’ ...
This Is Everything I’ll Eat as I Race the Iditarod
Musher Quince Mountain is about to embark on his second Iditarod, a long-distance dogsled race across Alaska. We asked him ...
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Kenyan students send bracelets for Iditarod mushers
Brad Schmitz personally distributed the bracelets to mushers Thursday. He's raising funds for the students to visit Alaska ...
Lack of snow forces Alaska’s famous Iditarod race to make ‘difficult but necessary’ change
The race is meant to commemorate and celebrate the history of Alaska and the critical part that sled dogs have played in the ...
Just one Alaska Native competitor for Iditarod
Despite declining Native participation in the Iditarod, Indigenous representation remains strong in mid-distance races ...
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From focused foot racers to touring bikers, athletes take different approaches to Iditarod Trail Invitational
Participants have signed up to race the 150-, 350- or full 1,000-mile distance, and this year the trail will present some ...