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Minnesota musher Cindy Gallea drops out of Iditarod, Redington takes lead

Tegan Hanlon, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage @teganhanlon
Posted: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 11:29
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Veteran musher Cindy Gallea dropped out of the 2021 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Monday, about 80 miles into

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Changed by pandemic, Iditarod 2021 gets underway

Tegan Hanlon, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage @teganhanlon
Posted: Monday, March 8, 2021 at 12:31 — Last Updated: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 11:30
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It was an Iditarod start like no other, to kick off a race drastically changed for coronavirus times. When mushers

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Yukon sled dog race planned in place of cancelled Yukon Quest

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 12:45
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The new race will focus on dog rest and the social side of sled dog racing, organizer says. With the

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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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Yukon Quest mushers recount hairy times on stormy mountain pass

CBC News
Posted: Friday, February 15, 2019 at 15:30
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Whitehorse, Yukon musher Rob Cooke is being lauded for helping guide some fellow Yukon Quest mushers safely over a stormy

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Alaska’s Brent Sass wins Yukon Quest sled dog race

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 10:50
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Alaskan musher Brent Sass has claimed victory in the Yukon Quest, four years after he last won the grueling, 1,600-kilometre

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Iditarod adds four new board members amid criticism

Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 16:16
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The Iditarod has expanded its governing body. On Monday, the organization announced it had added four new members to its

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Swedish musher wins Finnmarksløpet

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 15:31 — Last Updated: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 08:32
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Petter Karlsson from Slussfors, northern Sweden came first to the finish line in Europe’s longest dogsled race. The race is

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Europe’s longest dogsled race lead by four-time Iditarod champion

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at 14:18
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39 mushers from 10 countries are racing through 1,200 kilometers of snow and cold in Finnmarkløpet, the world’s northernmost dog

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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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Meet the mushers dressing in “full body armor” during the Iditarod race

Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at 16:13
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As the Iditarod route winds up the wooded hillsides of the Happy River Steps, toward the jagged mountains ringing frozen

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Former Iditarod champion reflects on animal rights activists

Lori Townsend, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Monday, March 5, 2018 at 14:33
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals or PETA plans to protest the start of the race in Anchorage tomorrow

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Four-time Iditarod champion didn’t drug his dogs, according to a new report

Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 13:39
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An attorney for four-time Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey released a toxicology report Wednesday that he says proves the musher did

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