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 […]
Idit-a-fix
Evolution is a necessary part of survival With 10 percent of the teams in the 2024 Iditarod Sled Dog Race connected to the Seavey sled-dog dynasty for which 2024 champ Dallas […]
Iditarod hellstorm
Update: This story has been updated to report a second dog death, which Iditarod was late to report on Sunday, and a 2024 death rate now significantly worse than the 10-year […]
Rabid fans
Who fuels Iditarod behavior? The greatest threat facing the survival of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race today is not the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA); […]
Taking responsibility
Newsgroups claim credit for Sass dismissal Fans of 2022 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion Brent Sass mad at the Iditarod Trail Committee (ITC) and threatening to boycott the race because it […]
It begins
Likely winner as unclear as future A resurgent Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, a throwback to the Alaska of long ago, launched Saturday on the downtown streets of Anchorage normally devoted to […]
Better than dollars?
A news analysis Fans of Alaska’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race might soon be able to help fill its financial coffers by doing their shopping with virtual IditaCoin. As Fairbank’s Brett Sass […]
The great race
As the leaders in Alaska’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Sunday pushed their teams hard along the Bering Sea Coast toward the Nome finish line for the self-proclaimed ”Last Great […]
Good-bye Gold Loop
The “Gold Loop Trail” especially planned for the pandemic-plagued Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race of 2021 is no more thanks to another body blow from Mother Nature. Iditarod Race Marshall Mark Nordman […]
