Endurance athletes gear up for the Yukon’s cold and slippery wilderness
By Katie Todd · CBC News Fluctuating weather has created icy conditions for this year’s Yukon Arctic Ultra, which begins Sunday While
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Arctic Finland: 70th annual reindeer cup races held on frozen Lake Inari
After a two-year pause, the annual reindeer race cup was finally taking place on the frozen lake Inari last weekend.
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Yukon Arctic Ultra endurance race back on track this year in northwestern Canada
One of the world’s coldest and toughest ultra endurance races is back on this year after being cancelled in 2021
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Changed by pandemic, Iditarod 2021 gets underway
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 Quest 2020: last year’s winner first to reach race’s halfway point
Alaska musher Brent Sass is still the one to beat in the Yukon Quest sled dog race. Sass, who won
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Yukon Arctic Ultra: ‘World’s coldest and toughest’ ultra race starts today in northwestern Canada
Fabian Imfeld arrived in Whitehorse almost a week ago, and he’s ready to hit the trail. “Yeah, I can feel it.
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Annual race aimed at reviving Inuit dog sledding tradition set to kick off in Nunavik
Organizers of the Ivakkak 2018 Inuit dogsled race in Nunavik, in northern Quebec, are putting the finishing touches and praying
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With Anchorage icy and snowless, Iditarod officials shorten ceremonial start
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race mushers will travel only 3 miles through Anchorage during Saturday’s ceremonial start instead of the traditional 11-mile
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Elite Arctic yacht race planned
Not for the faint of heart, and definitely not for the light of wallet, an elite and extreme yacht race
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Alaska: Fairbanks snowstorm a blessing for snow-starved Iditarod mushers
FAIRBANKS — The caravan of mushers who all made it to Fairbanks on Monday for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
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