A steel arch commemorating sled dog racing was installed over Fourth Avenue in downtown Anchorage. The arch is part of an ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Iditarod has punished three mushers for taking their dogs inside shelter cabins during fierce storms at the tail end of this year's race. Mushers Mille Porsild of Denmark ...

When Karen Land was a young adult hiking the Appalachian Trail, a librarian recommended a book that inspired her to shift the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The rugged Iditarod started Monday, but a dearth of snow forced the iconic dog sled race to start further north and added a new route that allows mushers to bypass barren land ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The world’s most famous sled dog race is longer this year than ever before. Thanks to a lack of snow, this year's edition of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race needed a new ...

Gunnar Kaasen and his dog Balto, the heroic dog-sled team leader, sit for a portrait in the early 1920s. They were part of a group of mushers and sled dogs that braved frigid conditions to bring ...

A team of sled dogs led by Mitch Seavey (32), of Seward, Alaska, mush through downtown during the Ceremonial Start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska., Saturday, March 1, 2025.