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The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, one of the world’s most well-known sled dog competitions, is longer this year due to a ...

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Quince Mountain has written for The New York Times and elsewhere, and is coauthor of the bestselling book Dogs on the Trail: A Year in the Life (Ecco, 2021). He was the first openly transgender musher ...

The world’s most famous sled dog race will have its longest course ever this year. A lack of snow north of the Alaska Range has forced a new route, increasing ...

A lack of snow is irrevocably changing an historic Alaskan sled-dog tradition - The world's most famous sled dog race will ...

Ukrainian refugees in Washington share their thoughts on the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting and its impact on their uncertain future ...

1967 - The first Iditarod is held, with 58 mushers competing along a 50-mile trail. March 1973 - After shorter races in 1967 and 1969, the first full-length race takes place. The course is ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The world’s most famous sled dog race is longer this year than ever before.

Brad Schmitz personally distributed the bracelets to mushers Thursday. He's raising funds for the students to visit Alaska ...