Iditarod, sled dog race

The Iditarod Winner Just Wanted to Get His Sled Dogs Home
After the 2020 race, it took a vintage plane to get Thomas Waerner and his 16 dogs back home to Norway from Alaska at the start of the pandemic.
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.
Iditarod officials announce first dog death of this year’s race
A dog has died in 37 of the 53 editions of the famous sled dog race, which spans more than 1,000 miles in Alaska.
Pregnant dog on Iditarod rookie's team collapses and dies outside Galena, race says
A dog that collapsed and died Friday during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race turned out to be pregnant, race officials said. Race marshal Warren Palfrey said in a statement Friday that Ventana, a 4-year-old female on rookie musher Daniel Klein's team,
4-year-old Iditarod dog dies outside of Galena
A 4-year-old dog in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race collapsed and died Friday afternoon, according to race officials. It’s the first dog death of the 2025 race. In a statement, race officials said the dog,
Sled dog dies along Iditarod trail, officials say
A dog from the team of a Wisconsin rookie musher died Friday on the Iditarod trail, race officials said. In a release, Iditarod officials said a four-year-old female named Ventana on musher Daniel Klein’s team collapsed on the trail about eight miles from Galena,
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This Iditarod musher is racing with mostly rescue dogs from Alaska shelters
Justin Olnes’ team isn't leading the pack this year, but the musher says he’s on a mission to showcase all the talent and ...
Tragedy Strikes in Alaska's Iditarod Race After Pregnant Dog Death
Officials with the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race announced on Friday that a 4-year-old female collapsed on the trail and died, ...
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Iditarod update: Another rookie scratches, race for first place tightens
At least briefly, there was a change atop the 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race standings. One Interior musher, Matt Hall of ...
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3 Iditarod mushers battle for first up Bering Sea coast
Jessie Holmes, Matt Hall and Paige Drobny have jockeyed for first for much of the race, leapfrogging one another on the trail ...
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2025 Iditarod Race Live Blog
Hundreds of dogs, 33 mushers, and thousands of onlookers are gathering along the trail of the 53rd Iditarod this year.The ...
Look closer at the Iditarod, and ask why this cruelty survives
Charmed by survivalist grit of ‘The Last Great Race’? Then let’s get real about it.
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Mushing through ‘a frozen trench,’ Iditarod teams slog up and down the Yukon, with a finish still days away
Although Nenana musher Jessie Holmes has held a lead for the past few days, he is likely to be passed while he takes a ...
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Duluthian is currently top rookie in Iditarod
Duluthian Emily Ford is currently the top rookie racing in the 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. As of Tuesday morning, Ford ...
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The Iditarod moves its starting point north due to disappointing snow conditions
Snow conditions were so terrible in southcentral Alaska this year that the Iditarod had to move its starting point over 200 miles north to Fairbanks. This is the fourth time the race has had to move.
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Iditarod’s new Burled Arch arrives on Nome’s Front Street
With just days to spare, the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race’s new Burled Arch has arrived in Nome as the town anxiously awaits ...