The first and to date only woman to win the 1,000-mile, Yukon-Quest International Sled Dog Race, arguably Alaska’s toughest ultramarathon, and a three-time runner-up in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Aliy […]
State of misogyn
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 […]
The tough guy
For more than 34 days and 1,800 miles from the end of January into March, Jeff Oatley pushed and rode his fat bike ever west and north on the route of the […]
Whose fault is it?
Commentary Updated: This story was updated on Feb. 14 to include a 2007 dog death in the team of then rookie Quest musher Brent Sass. For the second year in a row, Eureka’s […]
Out of the land time forgot
FAIRBANKS — A thousand miles after his adventure began, the outlaw cyclist Jeff Oatley pedaled out of the vast, white, nothingness of the upper Yukon River valley into Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada […]
If you’re going to Canada: Do not ride your bike
The United States and Canada once shared one of the friendliest borders in the world. No more, it would seem.
