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No big climate change disruption for this year’s Finnmarksløpet

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at 10:42
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Twenty-three top-trained teams will race out of Alta Friday for Europe’s longest dog-sled trail, 1100 km across the Finnmark plateau.

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Musher Aliy Zirkle is injured on Iditarod trail, flown to Anchorage for care

Tegan Hanlon, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage @teganhanlon
Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 11:35 — Last Updated: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 12:45
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Star musher Aliy Zirkle said this year’s Iditarod would be her last. But less than two days in, her race

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Alaskan Pete Kaiser wins 2019 Iditarod dog sled race

Ben Matheson and Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 15:36 — Last Updated: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 15:40
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A new Iditarod champion has been crowned. Bethel musher Pete Kaiser’s team of eight dogs crossed under the Burled Arch

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Yukon Quest champ Brent Sass talks about return to elite dog mushing

Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 13:17
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He’s sitting out this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race — that starts March 2 in Anchorage, southcentral Alaska —

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Why a remote wilderness lodge in Alaska became a magnet for mushers

Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, February 22, 2019 at 16:06
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Along one of the most remote stretches of the Alaska’s road system is a wilderness lodge that’s become thoroughly popular

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Norwegian Joar Ulsom wins the 46th Iditarod in Alaska

Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at 10:15
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For the first time in seven years, someone with a last name other than Seavey has won the Iditarod. Joar

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Confidential report paints bleak picture for Iditarod

Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Monday, February 5, 2018 at 15:14
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The Iditarod sled dog race is in trouble. That’s the finding from a confidential report looking into the financial sustainability

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Yukon Quest champion Brent Sass gets ready for the Fairbanks restart of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Monday. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News)
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Alaska: Fairbanks snowstorm a blessing for snow-starved Iditarod mushers

Suzanna Caldwell, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 13:22 — Last Updated: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 20:19
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FAIRBANKS — The caravan of mushers who all made it to Fairbanks on Monday for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race

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Lance Mackey at the 2013 Iditarod Mushers' Banquet. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News)
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4-time champ Lance Mackey adds name to impressive Yukon Quest field

Suzanna Caldwell, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at 19:57 — Last Updated: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at 15:35
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After a short break, four-time Yukon Quest champion Lance Mackey is hitting the trail once again. The Fairbanks musher announced

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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