Meet the mushers dressing in “full body armor” during the Iditarod race
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
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
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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Confidential report paints bleak picture for Iditarod
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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Alaska: Officials ban trailers for carrying dogs in Iditarod
Citing safety concerns, the Iditarod Board of Directors have ruled that Iditarod mushers will no longer be able to carry
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Alaska: Mushers frustrated over cell phones on Iditarod trail
Mushers are expressing frustration over controversial rule changes the Iditarod made during a board meeting Friday. The race’s Trail Committee is
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Despite back injury, Hendrickson returns to Iditarod
WILLOW — After about an hour of sitting on the couch in her log home north of Willow in late January,
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Iditarod mushers pack fish, beef, stew and Twinkies for fuel
Paul Gebhardt has started the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race 19 times. He’s placed second twice and has learned a
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How Iditarod checkpoints get their straw
Mushers need straw — lots of straw — for their dogs during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, and on Thursday roughly 50
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Arctic soldiers training with reindeer in Russia
Soldiers from the Northern Fleet’s Arctic Brigade have for the first time learned how to use traditional means of transportation
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Jobs, housing & horse manure – Arctic week in reivew
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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Alaska: Search continues for escaped Iditarod dog
It’s been 10 days since the last musher crossed under Nome’s burled arch, but one musher is still looking for one
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Military, dog races & winter biking – Arctic week in Review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this
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Alaska: Brent Sass kicked out of Iditarod for breaking communications rule
Brent Sass, the winner of last month’s Yukon Quest, was disqualified from the Iditarod on Tuesday night for breaking a
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Finnmarksløpet 2015 dog sledge race underway in Europe
Europe’s longest and and one of the world’s hardest dog sledge races, Finnmarksløpet, takes place this week. The winner becomes
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