How fast can you go cross-country in frozen Alaska today? Pretty damn fast. Todd Minnick and Nick Olstad, a pair of 30-somethings from Wasilla, averaged a traveling speed of 52 mph for […]
Rocket men
Faster Iron Dogs
The sun had barely set over the vast Alaska Interior Sunday when Todd Minnick and Nick Olstad led the world’s longest, toughest snowmobile race into the tiny, outpost community of McGrath. […]
Iditarod’s village problems
Part II of a two-part series: Part I examined the circumstances behind collisions involving dog-loving Nulato snowmachiner rider Arnold Demoski and two Iditarod dog teams — incidents that left two mushers shaken, […]
Todd Palin’s broken bones
After decades spent racing snowmachines with a variety of injuries but none serious, former Iron Dog champion Todd Palin today finds himself in an Alaska hospital the victim of a body-smashing crash […]
