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Outdoors/Adventure
Zirkle wins Iditarod’s humanitarian award for record 6th time
It’s the third straight year the Two Rivers musher has won the coveted Leonhard Seppala award for exemplary dog care.
A musher who never intended to run the Iditarod ends his race in rainy Unalakleet
Making it to Nome was never the goal for columnist John Schandelmeier, who jumped on the sled runners the day the Iditarod started in place of his wife.
And the winner is ... New Jersey man wins inaugural Iditarod trifecta
The contest drew 560 entries at $10 a pop.
Bookended by rookies, the Iditarod’s Elim 11 reaches Nome to mark the end of the race
Grayson Burton led the way in 24th place and Kaci Murringer claimed the Red Lantern in 34th place.
A weird and wild Iditarod is poised to wrap up as final mushers rest before their final push to Nome
The loss of top sponsors, the rescue of mushers and the threat of coronavirus were all part of the 48th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
If we had to hunt to survive, how long would our stocks of fish and game last?
As circumstances change, our perception of fish and game abundance changes too.
After a slow, sluggish start, contentment strikes out of the blue
Sometimes it takes a while to still the noise of everyday life and let joy seep in.
Here’s what happens when you learn you’re running the Iditarod the day the race begins
Daily News columnist John Schandelmeier recounts how he wound up on the sled runners for this year’s race in the first of two reports about his experience.
After getting stopped by icy overflow, Iditarod’s ‘Elim 11’ is back on the trail and headed for White Mountain
On Saturday morning the last 11 mushers in the race followed snowmachiners out of Elim, where some had been since Wednesday.
National Guard chopper crew rescues 3 Iditarod mushers from flooded trail near Safety
The three men and all of their dogs were doing fine Friday night, the race reported.
Park service suspends issuing of climbing permits for Denali or Foraker
Climbers typically begin expeditions in the Alaska Range in late spring.
Iditarod’s top rookie rates her ride: ‘Like driving a Ferrari’
Mille Porsild of Denmark, who is accustomed to driving 100-pound freight dogs, guided a team of sled dogs to 15th place in the Iditarod.
Iditarod musher Nicolas Petit activates SOS beacon, scratches between Elim and White Mountain
Petit, after a rough day early in the race, planned to scratch in Nikolai but decided to continue on.
At 60, Iditarod runner-up Mitch Seavey has a new race strategy: Acting his age
The three-time champion from Seward vaulted from 15th place to second place in the second half of the race.
As the race winds down, Iditarod mushers return to real-world problems
“It sounds like the NBA season’s been canceled,” fifth-place Aaron Burmeister said after reaching the finish line in Nome.
Iditarod withdraws Wisconsin rookie Quince Mountain from the race
With Quince Mountain out of the race, a rookie from Tolsana is in the Red Lantern position,
Alyeska Resort closes ski area out of caution around coronavirus
The Girdwood resort said Wednesday that the 2019-20 ski season is now over, but its hotel remains open to guests.
Photos: Iditarod mushers end their journeys in Nome
The frontrunners of the dog sled race are rolling into the finish line.
Thomas Waerner of Norway wins the Iditarod
“This is something special,” Waerner said after he crossed the finish line for his first victory in the race. He’s just the fourth non-Alaskan to win.