Ryan Redington wins the Kobuk 440 on his first try
“It’s always been a childhood dream to run it," says Skagway musher Ryan Redington. “And then to win it? Just icing on the cake.”
Jason Campeau nearly froze to death during the 2018 Yukon Quest. His rescue was just the start of his Iditarod journey to Nome.
Campeau said mushing helped him see beyond his injuries and mental health struggles.
Iditarod leader whose dogs refused to run counters critics
Nicolas Petit, who dropped out of the race, says he believes a bad memory spooked his team.
‘It’s kind of a miracle’: #UglyDogs group helps raise more than $100K for Alaska schools during Iditarod
The Ugly Dogs closely follow Blair Braverman, a 30-year-old Iditarod rookie.
‘We’re devastated’: Iditarod rookie thought his dog was tired heading into Nome. It died 2 days later.
“I would gladly give everything up to have her back,” said Two Rivers musher Richie Beattie.
With the final Iditarod musher into Nome, here are 8 takeaways from this year’s race
Bethel’s Victoria Hardwick was the last musher to cross the finish line at 1:51 p.m. Monday.
When a dog team quits, patience and an upbeat attitude might get them going again
Just because we “want” doesn’t mean a dog “will," columnist John Schandelmeier says.
From most inspirational musher to most outstanding lead dog, here are the 2019 Iditarod award winners
The winners were announced Sunday at the annual Iditarod awards banquet in Nome.
Iditarod dog arrives sick in Nome, dies 2 days later
Oshi, a 5-year-old female, crossed the finish line in the sled basket of rookie musher Richie Beattie on Thursday.
Our favorite photos from the 2019 Iditarod
From the ceremonial start in Anchorage to Front Street in Nome.
Jessie Royer and Aliy Zirkle race through ‘whiteout snow globe’ to finish 3-4 in the Iditarod
After their arrivals in Nome, they talked about their dogs, the weather and challenging trail conditions. And wet feet.
Jake Berkowitz: Breaking down Kaiser’s race to Nome, and the Iditarod’s top 10 finishers
Paige Drobny placed 7th to give the race three women in the top 10, and Mitch Seavey battled to his 17th top-10 finish.
PHOTOS: Iditarod front-runners arrive in Nome
Pete Kaiser claimed victory in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Wednesday. Joar Leifseth Ulsom of Norway followed about 12 minutes later, and Jessie Royer finished hours later in third.
WATCH: Pete Kaiser discusses his Iditarod victory
See the Bethel musher talk about his team, his kennel and what it means to win the Iditarod.
Pete Kaiser wins his first Iditarod, arriving in Nome as Southwest Alaska’s champion
Kaiser, 31, outdueled defending champion Joar Leifseth Ulsom during the final two days of racing. He’s the first musher of Yup’ik descent to win the Iditarod.
The race is on: Kaiser and Leifseth Ulsom battle to the Iditarod finish line
Bethel’s Pete Kaiser dashed in and out of the checkpoint of Safety, 22 miles from Nome, with about a 40-minute lead ahead of defending champion Joar Leifseth Ulsom.
An ‘encyclopedia’ of racing knowledge: Meet the new Iditarod champ and his family
Pete Kaiser, a 31-year-old musher from Bethel, has been a consistent top performer in the race for the past decade.
Kaiser gets a head start out of White Mountain as Nome awaits this year’s Iditarod champion
Joar Leifseth Ulsom will try to overcome a 42-minute deficit on the 77-mile run to the finish line.
From lead to scratch: Girdwood musher Nic Petit is out of the 2019 Iditarod
Petit was the race leader coming out of Shaktoolik. On Monday evening, he returned to the checkpoint and decided to scratch.
Rediscovered photos from the 1981 Iditarod show its changes and constants
By the time the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race started in 1981, the race had already changed from a prolonged camping trip to a competitive race.