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More than 1,800 youth athletes from Alaska and seven areas of the circumpolar north are in Alaska this week for the Games.
“We do that individually all the time,” said the commander of the tactical exercise. “But to be able to do it together is very unique.”
Relive some of our top highlights from the 52nd Iditarod’s ceremonial start in Anchorage and the restart in Willow.
The ceremonial start is a rolling party, starting in downtown and ending in East Anchorage.
After musher Josh McNeal was injured in January, he turned to Wally Robinson to mush his sled dogs to Nome.
Gabe Dunham of Willow is returning to the Iditarod after scratching in 2020. Offloading her food bags for this year’s race is “huge,” she said.
A nearly 10-foot bear sculpture was restored and replaced over the entrance to Grizzly’s Gifts, where it has watched over Fourth Avenue and E Street for 25 years.
Photo essay: Appreciating the ways Anchorage glows during the week of the year with the least daylight.
A South Anchorage pastry shop owner continues what her parents started more than 40 years ago.
Full-time travelers reached Anchorage just as winter weather arrived. They geared up in cow costumes and sleds.
The rise in access to hundreds of items follows work by Chugach Alaska’s John F.C. Johnson to repatriate funerary objects and human remains taken from the region.
An experienced adventurer knew the ice was thin before he skated at Westchester Lagoon. He didn’t expect to break through — but he was prepared just in case, he said.
Q&A: Quannah Chasinghorse talks about what makes speaking in Alaska different and what message she tries to carry as she works elsewhere.
The Kenai Moose Research Center has contributed to knowledge about the iconic animals for more than 50 years.