Leave it to a stubborn Irishman to define the spirit of the Iditraod Trail. After more than 32 days in bitter cold and high winds on the 1,000-mile trek from Knik to […]
Iditarod’s toughest
Freezing in Alaska
Old-fashioned Iditarod coming? Temperatures along the Yukon River deep in the heart of Alaska had warmed up to near 50 degrees below zero this morning as the 49th state heads toward the […]
Rabbit redux
Iditarod finish controversy brewing Fifty years on from the first running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, a Redington has finally won in a 2023 version of the event that […]
Iditarod meltdown
AP pushes wild Alaska global warming claim The difference between journalism today and that of a decade or two back was pretty well writ by the once-reserved Associated Press on Thursday […]
Iditarod rising
Two women made famous the ‘Last Great Race’ Part II of III Any history of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Races is most accurately recorded in the years BR and AR – […]
Heroes and villains
Lance Mackey, the four-time winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race who lived his life fast and loose and broke rules both written and unwritten, is dead at the age of […]
Faster recovery
A decision by four-time Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion Lance Mackey to dose his team with a pain-relieving agent with possible mood-enhancing benefits is stirring a lively debate within the small […]
Iditarod deaths
Update: This story has been updated with a Seavey comment. As if the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race didn’t have enough of a problem with accusations of doping and sabotage rippling in […]
