She originally treated it as a ‘leisurely trip’—until she discovered that men were betting she wouldn’t make it, and women ...

PALMER — Veteran Iditarod musher Ramey Smyth was seriously injured in a small-plane crash at the Willow Airport on Tuesday ...

Mille Porsild and her dog team pass by Camp Flamingo on the Susitna River during the start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race north of Willow, Alaska, on March 7, 2021. AP He’s expecting mild ...

Sled dogs mushed by Jeff Deeter (33), of Fairbanks, Alaska, run during the Ceremonial Start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska., Saturday, March 1, 2025. Credit: AP/Amanda Loman ...

Iditarod winner Brent Sass poses for photos with lead dogs Morello, left, and Slater after winning the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Nome on March 15, 2022. (Anne Raup/Anchorage Daily News) ...

The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is an annual sled dog race run in early March from Anchorage to Nome. Mushers and a team of 12-16 dogs, of which at least 6 must be on the towline at the finish ...

A 2-year-old dog in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race collapsed and died Sunday morning, according to race officials. It is the first dog death of the 2024 race.

Ryan Redington poses with his lead dogs Sven, left, and Ghost, after he won the 2023 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, on March 14, 2023 in Nome, Alaska. AP “It took a lot work, took a lot of patience.

His dogs wore hot pink booties on their feet for the ceremonial start. Mackey finished the 2010 race in eight days, 23 hours, 59 minutes -- the second-fastest finish in Iditarod history.

MARTIN: That's what's happening with the Iditarod dog sled race this year. They're mushing right now, in fact. The race started Sunday with some big changes. ROB URBACH: We had to reinvent the route.

Jona also contributes her artistic talents to the race by designing logos for the Junior Iditarod and race cachets for the Iditarod and personal cachets for various mushers. Location Currently not on ...

Jona also contributes her artistic talents to the race by designing logos for the Junior Iditarod and race cachets for the Iditarod and personal cachets for various mushers. Location Currently not on ...