Think sled dog racing is fading? In Alaska's mushing-crazy Kuskokwim Delta, it’s booming
High school boys in one Kuskokwim River village can 'forget the muscle cars,' said Barron Sample, principal of the school ...
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Iditarod mushers say low snow means more broken sleds and training on 4-wheelers
For the third time in a decade, the teams are leaving out of Fairbanks because of bare trail on part of the route out of ...
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Taking the kids: Dogsledding above the Arctic Circle
What’s the hurry? It is freezing with temperatures near zero Fahrenheit and a biting wind. But that’s not what’s causing the commotion. It’s the excited yapping of 100 sled dogs who are in a hurry to ...
Rangers rescue hikers stranded on ice, injured snowmobilers
On the night of Feb. 5, a 76-year-old from Waterford and a 57-year-old from Canada went off trail on the summit of Grace Peak and called for help. Rangers found the hikers around midnight as ...