Mar. 3—FAIRBANKS — Brought together by friendship, fandom, curiosity and happenstance, thousands of people descended into an area surrounding Pike's Waterfront Lodge on Monday in Fairbanks to take in ...

Thirty-three mushers plan to start the world's most famous sled dog race, the Iditarod in Alaska, on March 3. They'll start the race near Fairbanks and run with their teams of sled dogs for about ...

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The latest sporting event in vogue is not the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics that just passed or the upcoming 2026 World Cup finals being held right in New Jersey, but an annual dogsledding race called ...

Justin and Kailyn Olnes with their dog Jig at the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race ceremonial start in Anchorage on March 1, 2025. Most mushers in this year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race are competing ...

Dan Seavey, who as a history teacher in Alaska became fascinated by the Gold Rush-era Iditarod Trail and helped stage the first dogsled race along the 1,000-mile route in 1973 to begin an annual ...

WILLOW, Alaska – The 54th running of the Iditarod sled dog race is set to begin Saturday afternoon in Alaska, under slightly warmer than ideal conditions. According to the official race website, the ...

Caption: John Baker and his lead dogs Velvet and Snickers pose at the finish line after winning the the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Rac ...

Pike’s Waterfront Lodge COO Michelle Davis fluffs a pillow in one of the resort’s “reindeer rooms” on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. When staff at Pike’s Waterfront Lodge in Fairbanks got the news a few ...

Dane Baker (21), of Royal Oak, Michigan, mushes through downtown during the Ceremonial Start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska., Saturday, March 1, 2025. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — 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, ...