A century ago, a team of determined mushers and their sled dogs embarked on a perilous journey to deliver life-saving ...
Avalanches forced race organizers to cancel the Idaho Sled Dog Challenge's 200-mile event mid-race, after warm weather and ...
While some changes in mushing come from development in the sport, others have been forced by a changing climate. One part of ...
In 1925, it took a relay of sled dog teams racing across nearly 700 miles of Alaska wilderness to deliver vials of serum to a Gold Rush town under siege from diphtheria. (AP Graphic) Thanks to ...
Instead, officials shipped the serum by rail to Nenana in interior Alaska, some 675 miles from Nome via the frozen Yukon River and mail trails. FILE – Leonhard Seppala and his sled dog team are ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Gold Rush town ... Today, the most famous mushing event in the world is the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, which is not based on the serum run but on the ...