Brothers take on Alaska sled dog racing together
Brothers Greg and Ricky Taylor have spent the last five months preparing for the 2025 "Open" World Championship Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska, where Greg finished in third place on Sunday, February 23.
Iconic sled dog races — the ‘spirit of the North’ — face a reckoning
Schnuelle recalls hunkering down with his dogs to wait out monstrous storms, travelling through “ungodly overflow” at -55 C, or navigating “jumble ice” — rough ice that forms on the surface of a river due to warming temperatures and the force of the water flowing beneath.
Animal abuse allegations spark movement to end Iditarod sled dog race
The Iditarod is a 1,000-mile race held annually in Alaska. Many argue that the race, which starts this weekend, is a form of animal abuse.
The World’s Most Famous Dog Sled Race Is Short on Snow
When unseasonably warm temperatures left the Iditarod course unusable, organizers were forced to reconfigure a 1,128-mile course through the Alaskan wilderness. The result is a race like nothing before in the event’s 53-year history.
2025 Iditarod Dog Race Is Longer Than Ever Before Because of the Lack of Snow
Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race is longer than ever before due to a lack of snow. This year's race, which has 33 mushers taking part, will last a record distance of 1,128 miles across Alaska.
The world’s most famous sled dog race is longer than ever. Here’s a look at Iditarod, by the numbers
Thanks to a lack of snow, this year’s edition of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race needed a new route across the Alaska wilderness. The course change adds more than 100 mile.
Former champion leading John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon, a race shortened by lack of snow
Erin Aili, who won in 2021, is resting with her dogs at the Trail Center, but has a 24-minute lead as of Monday morning.
Global warming threatening the future of iconic dog sled races around the world
Climate change could continue to complicate iconic dogsledding races around the country as rising global temperatures make ...
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40th running of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon on track, despite warm temperatures
Deteriorating snow led race organizers to move the start of the race from outside Duluth to north of Two Harbors, Minn., ...
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Iditarod ceremonial start draws eager dog teams, spectators and calls for ‘bootie bootie bootie’
Even as a lack of snow forced organizers to shorten the course to less than 2 miles, the crowds in downtown Anchorage brought ...
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Aili wins her second Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon
GRAND PORTAGE — Erin Aili has won her second John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon. The Ray, Minnesota, musher and her eight-dog ...
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Excitement of Iditarod draws Greenfield woman to Alaska
Laurie Beavers says the excitement of the annual 1,000-mile dog sled race has brought her out to Alaska several times over 30 ...
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Why are there so few Iditarod teams this year? It’s the money, mushers say.
Yes, sled dog racing is pricey. This year only 33 teams are making the Iditarod work. That number is tied with a record low ...
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Beargrease champion takes home second win
The 40th annual John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has a new champion, and one familiar with this exact win. Erin Aili and her team of dogs crossed the finish line in Grand Portage a little after ten.
Picture Alaska - March Mildness Edition
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - It has been warm as we transitioned from February to March. And the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race is underway. The race re-start had to swing north to Fairbanks to find ...