A major Alaskan tradition has arrived for its 2024 installment, as Dallas Seavey won the Iditarod sled dog race on March 12 for a record sixth time. However, the dog musher's victory was ...

Each year in March, dogs and mushers assemble in Alaska for one of the most grueling and challenging races any sport has to offer. The 2024 Iditarod, also known as "The Last Great Race on Earth ...

Crowds gathered in the Alaskan city of Anchorage on Saturday to celebrate the ceremonial start of the 47th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race. Teams of dogs led by drivers known as mushers dashed across ...

Dallas Seavey is one of the best-known dog-sledge racers in Alaska Alaskan sledge-dog racing champion Dallas Seavey has been named by officials of the famous Iditarod Trail race for having four ...

Editor’s Note: After this story appeared, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency learned that another Jewish woman, Susan Cantor, finished the Iditarod sled dog race in 1992. You can read a profile of C ...

Not only does the winner of the Iditarod go home with a trophy and bragging rights, but there is a cash prize at the end. The ...

You may have read on our sister site, Autoblog, that PETA isn't a fan of the Iditarod dog race. What about "urban mushing"? I happen to have a couple of Doberman's, and my oldest, Ali, happens to ...

(JTA) — Blair Braverman wasn’t the first Jewish woman to finish the Iditarod sled dog race, as we mistakenly reported. That title goes to Susan Cantor, who completed the race in 1992.

Known as the world’s toughest sled dog race — or, to some, the toughest race on earth — the Yukon Quest is the wild, free-spirited younger brother to the more famous Iditarod. The race ...

Jun 5, 2022 Jun 5, 2022 Updated Jul 11, 2023 An Iditarod sled dog missing for three months after bolting from a race checkpoint has been found healthy and safe 150 miles away. Leon, a 3-year-old ...

Aircrew with the Alaska Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, transported three Iditarod mushers after they and their sled dog teams went through flood waters along the ...