After the attack finally ended, after Iditarod Trail Invitational skier Greg Mills finally managed to retrieve enough warm clothes to stop his teeth from chattering and make his way down the trail […]
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Get gone!
If Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is reading the New Yorker, he must now realize it’s time to resign, quit, thrown in the towel, run for […]
Look out!
Fat-tired cyclists and runners coming off Alaska’s most famous trail have a one-word warning for mushers about to head north Sunday in the 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to Nome: Moose! […]
Danger trail
While Alaska begins the celebration leading up to the weekend kick off of the iconic Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, 64-year-old, musher Kirsten Bey is home recovering from serious injuries suffered after […]
Toughest Iditarod
Far from the bright lights of civilization, the fat-tired cyclists at the front of the Iditarod Trail Invitational’s human-powered race to McGrath and beyond were Tuesday slogging their way toward Rainy Pass […]
The nose knows
Add FLIR – or something resembling it – to the amazing powers of a dogs’ nose. Military members and those familiar with Alaska Search and Rescue will immediately recognize the acronym for […]
Pushothon?
As 78 stalwart souls prepare to head north along the historic Iditarod Trail today, Mother Nature looks to be organizing a truly Alaska welcome. The frigid cold that had worried some rookie […]
Running scared
Eighty-seven years ago with the country mired in the depths of the Great Depression and the warning signs of global war already on the horizon, U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt famously told […]
Pain of change
The United Fishermen of Alaska – one of the 49th state’s most powerful political entities – is mad that commercial salmon fishermen might be losing some fishing opportunities in Cook Inlet, but […]
Trouble magnet
The frozen feet of an unnamed Italian have the deadly legacy of writer John Krakauer once more back in the news. The Italian was one of five lucky to be rescued from […]
