GRAND PORTAGE, MINN. – Jesse Terry wanted to hang onto his standing. The 41-year-old musher from Sioux Lookout, Ontario, was in third place before the final stretch of the 267-mile John Beargrease ...

Super-fit Iditarod dogs may be as famous as the human mushers who accompany them to the finish line in Nome – and even more accomplished. One given name is enough for these incredible dogs, but like ...

Alaskan huskies at Iditarod champion Martin Buser's Happy Trails kennel in Big Lake, Alaska, are ready to run in June 2024. From owning huskies, Alaskan and Siberian, to following the Iditarod every ...

The Alaska race is still on track to run its longest route since the Quest split in 2022. And its board president is hoping ...

With northern Michigan blanketed in frigid winter cold and lake effect snow, the region will soon welcome back its annual dog sled races, highlighted by the UP 200. The UP 200 and other dog sled races ...

When Jim LaLonde of Farmington Hills tells people that his daughter is competing in the Iditarod sled dog race over more than 1,000 miles in Alaska, the first thing they ask is why. They want to know ...

The lack of snow in northern Minnesota has caused two popular sled dog races to be postponed. On Thursday, organizers announced the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon — which was previously scheduled ...

ALTA, Wyo. – I'm not sure who's having more fun, musher Michael Tarver or his sled dogs as we charge on through the white wonderland. Everything is white. Massive trees rise in the background and the ...

One hundred years ago, when a diphtheria outbreak threatened the lives of people in Nome, 20 mushers and about 150 sled dogs raced north to deliver the antitoxin. They made the lifesaving journey, ...