The snow squeaked underfoot ... For more than three decades, Greenland has held a national dog sledding championship — the Avannaata Qimussersua, which means, in Greenlandic language ...

The annual event is a roughly 26-mile race across ice and snow that brings the toughest mushers — also known as dog sled drivers — and the hardiest dogs together on some of the most punishing ...

And then they’re off, sleds battling for the lead, dogs running over one another, their paws kicking up snow as mushers scramble to prevent a tangle of ropes. Avannaata Qimussersua, or “The Gr ...

IN our thick Arctic suits, heavy boots and crash helmets we looked like we were about to blast off into space instead of just looking to the stars. The good ship Aurora of the P&O fleet has ...

A Farmington Hills native finished the highest of any rookie in the Iditarod, a world-famous sled dog race through the ...

Her grandfather was a qimuksiqti – a musher. Before the 1950s, sledding was the main mode of transportation for Inuit. Qimmiit – dogs – and humans had a deep bond; the dogs were constant ...

Over the course of more than half a century, the Iditarod dog sled race has ... kid who has ever ridden on a sled would understand. There wasn’t nearly enough snow. The result is a race like ...

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 ...

“During the saerches, SLED arrested 11 people who face charges of criminal conspiracy and ill treatment of animals as well as several offenses related to drugs and guns found at the scene,” Keel said.