Race officials reduced the maximum team size from 16 to 14 for this year’s Iditarod. That means quite a bit for race strategies, speeds and the trade-offs that mushers face as they travel across Alaska.
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‘Incredibly competitive’ as mushers begin 47th Iditarod
With 52 dog teams slated to run the 1,000-mile race to Nome, it’s the smallest field of mushers starting an Iditarod in decades. But that doesn’t mean the competition is any easier.
Musher Mike Williams Jr. spending this Iditarod at home with family and dogs
The Iditarod restart kicks off Sunday afternoon in Willow. A notable Western Alaska musher will be absent from the pack.
Why a wilderness lodge in the middle of nowhere became a magnet for mushers
Along one of the most remote stretches of the state’s road system is a wilderness lodge that’s become thoroughly popular with elite dog-mushers. The spot offers some of the best winter training for long-distance mushers anywhere in Alaska. The fact that there’s also hot food and cold beer, mushers say, just happens to be a bonus.
Iditarod adds four new board members amid criticism
The Iditarod announced Monday it had added four new members to the Iditarod Trail Committee board.
After a difficult year, scandal-plagued Iditarod seeks ‘new blood’
Changes are coming to the Iditarod’s board of directors. According to a press release, the board of the Iditarod Trail Committee approved expanding its numbers from nine to 12 earlier this month. And several directors may step down.
Alaska ghost town all that remains of historic Iditarod
For 46 years, the Iditarod Sled Dog Race has traced a thousand-mile path from Anchorage or Willow up to Nome. But the original route actually started in Seward, and only existed for a few year’s time — the product of gold rushes, boom towns and a creeping interest by the federal government.
Sled dog superfan and Iditarod veteran connect over ‘Fantasy Mushing’
In Alaska, we’re totally obsessed with the Iditarod and dog mushing. But what if you don’t live here? And what if where you live, there isn’t even snow? Enter a new virtual sport for Iditarod superfans: Fantasy Mushing. https://kcaw-org.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/09FANTASY-1.mp3 In Paris, Texas, software developer David Hunt is riding his bike, except not really. He’s running…
Joar Ulsom wins the 46th Iditarod
Joar Ulsom, a 31-year-old musher who ran his first Iditarod only five years ago, pulled under Nome’s Burled Arch early Wednesday morning at 3:00 a.m. to claim first place in Iditarod 46.
Iditarod checkpoint enforces ordinance to control loose dog population as mushers arrive
Coinciding with the Iditarod sled dog race, Unalakleet issued an emergency ordinance to address loose dogs running free around the community. Many residents complained about a problem, and not everyone is happy with the solution.