Writer Lale Arikoglu follows the historic 1,000 mile sled dog race to find out why it still captures so many imaginations.

Mushers said the altered race route out of Fairbanks was far tougher than they’d anticipated. The last time a winner took ...

Rookie musher Emily Ford of Duluth, Minnesota, made history by finishing the 2025 Iditarod in 18th place. Ford becomes the ...

At approximately 4:35 pm Central Time on Sunday, Duluthian Emily Ford completed her first Iditarod. Wearing bib #34, it took ...

Alaska Airlines was founded in 1932 by Linious McGee as McGee Airways and initiated service out of Anchorage's Ted Stevens ...

Add a historic Iditarod across Alaska to Emily Ford’s résumé of extreme winter feats. Under bright sunshine, the rookie musher from Duluth and her team of 10 Alaskan huskies crossed the finish line of ...

Matthew Failor mushed his dog team across Alaska in the Iditarod to find out the gender of his next child Saturday night in ...

Musher Jessie Holmes has won the longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Bundled-up well wishers lined a street along the ...

1967 - The first Iditarod is held, with 58 mushers competing along a 50-mile trail. March 1973 - After shorter races in 1967 and 1969, the first full-length race takes place. The course is ...

As of this morning, seven mushers have finished the Iditarod dogsled race, with Jessie Holmes finishing in first place early ...

Jessie Holmes, a former reality television star, won the longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Friday, celebrating ...