Greenland’s Main Dog Sledding Race Finds an Uncomfortable Spotlight
The Avannaata Qimussersua, which organizers call “a challenging event that highlights the bond between humans and their dogs, ...
How Greenland’s Sled Dogs Entered a Diplomatic Row
The island’s traditional dog-sledding championship is taking on added cultural and political importance in the era of Donald ...
No Second Lady, No Problem: Greenland’s Dog Sled Race Goes Barking On
One of Greenland’s national pastimes was nearly hijacked this week after the White House said the Second Lady would attend.
Michigan native places highest among rookies in Iditarod sled dog race
A Farmington Hills native finished the highest of any rookie in the Iditarod, a world-famous sled dog race through the ...
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53rd Iditarod carries on legacy of the last great race on Earth
Beneath a starry night sky in Anvik, Alaska, a dazzling aurora borealis stretched over the horizon in ribbons of green and ...
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A musher was cut from the Iditarod for being too far behind. He went to Nome anyway.
Quince Mountain was withdrawn from the Iditarod under the race’s rule on competitiveness, but ended up driving a small team ...
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A Winter Trip to Experience the Eagle Cap Extreme
For one week each winter, the small town of Joseph swells to host mushers and spectators for Oregon’s Iditarod qualifier sled ...
2025 Kobuk 440 to feature fresh snow, mix of mushing experience
Dogs and mushers will go for one last ride in the Kobuk 440, the mushing season-finale in Alaska, when 13 teams take off in a mass start in Kotzebue Thursday. While the lack of snow and poor trail ...
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Michigan native places highest among rookies in Iditarod sled dog race
He called the Iditarod the “Super Bowl” of sled dog races, but isn’t sure he wants ... race starting point was moved because of lack of snow. The race ends in Nome. Veteran musher Jessie ...