Iditarod

5/5 © Reuters. Ryan Redington leaves the Rohn checkpoint after a quick stop, carrying straw to rest his team during the long run to Nikolai during the Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race in Alaska, U.S. March 8, 2021. Zachariah Hughes/ADN/Pool…

MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Ryan Redington on Tuesday won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, bringing his six dogs off the Bering Sea ice to the finish line on Nome's main…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Ryan Redington on Tuesday won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, bringing his six dogs off the Bering Sea ice to the finish line on Nome’s main street.Redington, 40, is the grandson of Joe Redington…

MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Mushers and their dogs in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race face plenty of variables in the Alaska wilderness. An unexpected one this year has been heat…

Associated Press WILLOW, Alaska  — The race to Nome starts Sunday for 33 mushers in this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska.The mushers are to take off every two minutes in a staggered start…

This story originally appeared on High Country News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Mike Williams Jr. doesn’t remember when he started mushing, but once he was strong enough to handle the sled dogs, it became his passion. At…

MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The second half-century for the world's most famous sled dog race is getting off to a rough start.Only 33 mushers will participate in the ceremonial…

3/3 © Reuters. The Joe Redington Sr. Memorial Trail, named for the homesteader who was the "Father of the Iditarod," is a ribbon of ice, with some spots of bare pavement, in Wasilla, Alaska, U.S., February 25, 2022. Winter rains, which…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Fans, dogs and mushers returned in droves Saturday to downtown Anchorage in the…

TALKEETNA, Alaska (AP) — Dallas Seavey is on the cusp of becoming mushing’s greatest ever champion, but he…