Iconic arch that served as Iditarod finish line collapses in Alaska. Wood rot is likely the culprit

8 months, 1 week ago

Iconic arch that served as Iditarod finish line collapses in Alaska. Wood rot is likely the culprit

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The famed burled arch finish line for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has collapsed into a wood pile in Alaska, officials said. The iconic arch that is moved onto Nome’s Front Street every March for the Iditarod finish had been located at a city park in the middle of town when it collapsed. Messages seeking information about replacing the arch sent to both Handeland, who was traveling Monday, and Iditarod race officials were not immediately returned to The Associated Press. When learning of the arch’s collapse Monday, the animal rights group posted on the social media platform X: “There’s nothing like the #Iditarod finish line’s arch rotting & collapsing to signal that the race is on its last leg.” The arch that collapsed was not the original.

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Defending champion leaves Iditarod race over health concerns

1 year, 9 months ago

Defending champion leaves Iditarod race over health concerns

Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Brent Sass, the defending Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion, withdrew from this year’s race on Saturday, citing concerns for his health. Sass scratched at the Eagle Island checkpoint, a statement from the Iditarod said. Sass was in the lead when he arrived at the Eagle Island checkpoint late Friday night with an almost four-hour advantage over …

33 Iditarod sled dog race mushers to trek across Alaska

1 year, 10 months ago

33 Iditarod sled dog race mushers to trek across Alaska

Associated Press

WILLOW, Alaska — The race to Nome began Sunday for 33 mushers in this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska. They will travel nearly a thousand miles over the unforgiving Alaska winterscape, climbing over two mountain ranges, mushing on frozen rivers and streams and across the treacherous Bering Sea ice. The winner is expected to drive their sled …

Alaska’s arduous Iditarod kicks off with ceremonial start

1 year, 10 months ago

Alaska’s arduous Iditarod kicks off with ceremonial start

Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Brent Sass was just miles from fulfilling his dream of winning the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska when vicious, 60-mph winds whipped in from the Bering Sea, taking visibility down to about 10 feet and forcing him off his sled as his dogs hunkered down in the snow. “We got blown off the trail and …

Alaska's arduous Iditarod kicks off with ceremonial start

1 year, 10 months ago

Alaska's arduous Iditarod kicks off with ceremonial start

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Brent Sass was just miles …

‘A little scary': Iditarod begins with smallest field ever

1 year, 10 months ago

‘A little scary': Iditarod begins with smallest field ever

Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The second half-century for the world’s most famous sled dog race is getting off to a rough start. Only 33 mushers will participate in the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Saturday, the smallest field ever to take their dog teams nearly 1,000 miles over Alaska’s unforgiving wilderness. “It’s a little scary when …

"A little scary:" Iditarod begins with smallest field ever

1 year, 10 months ago

"A little scary:" Iditarod begins with smallest field ever

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Only 33 mushers will participate …

Iditarod race officials ask fans to stay away from Nome

4 years, 9 months ago

Iditarod race officials ask fans to stay away from Nome

LA Times

The lead dogs of veteran musher Ryan Redington of Wasilla, Alaska, make their way through the Long Lake area during the 44th Iditarod earlier this week. As Iditarod mushers drove their dog teams across Alaska on Saturday, race officials scrambled to make last minute changes prompted by concerns over the new coronavirus, including asking fans not to fly to Nome …

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Dallas Seavey wins 6th Iditarod championship, most ever in the world’s most famous sled dog race

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Dallas Seavey wins 6th Iditarod championship, most ever in the world’s most famous sled dog race

Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Dallas Seavey’s path to an Iditarod championship was like none he’s faced before, including killing a moose and overcoming a time penalty that had him in 10th place at one point to win a record-breaking sixth championship in the world’s most famous sled dog race. Seavey drove his team a half-block off the Bering Sea ice onto …

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2 dogs die during 1,000-mile Iditarod, prompting call from PETA to end the race across Alaska

9 months, 4 weeks ago

2 dogs die during 1,000-mile Iditarod, prompting call from PETA to end the race across Alaska

Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Two dogs died over the weekend during Alaska’s annual Iditarod sled dog race, marking the first deaths during the race in five years and renewing calls to end the 1,000-mile competition that sees mushers and their canine teams traverse mountain ranges, a frozen river and sea ice — often during treacherous weather. Bog, a 2-year-old male on …

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Iditarod issues time penalty to Seavey for not properly gutting moose that he killed on the trail

10 months ago

Iditarod issues time penalty to Seavey for not properly gutting moose that he killed on the trail

Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Iditarod officials on Wednesday imposed a two-hour time penalty on musher Dallas Seavey for not properly gutting the moose he killed during the race earlier this week. Race marshal Warren Palfrey convened a three-person panel of race officials to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of the moose, which became tangled up with Seavey and his dog …

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5-time Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey kills and guts a moose that got entangled with his dog team

10 months ago

5-time Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey kills and guts a moose that got entangled with his dog team

Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A veteran musher had to kill a moose after it injured his dog shortly after the start of this year’s Iditarod, race officials said Monday. Dallas Seavey informed the officials with the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Monday morning that he was forced to shoot the moose with a handgun in self-defense. Seavey encountered the moose …

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Alaska’s Iditarod dogs get neon visibility harnesses after 5 were fatally hit while training

10 months, 1 week ago

Alaska’s Iditarod dogs get neon visibility harnesses after 5 were fatally hit while training

Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Iditarod, the annual sled dog race celebrating Alaska’s official state sport, got underway Saturday with a new focus on safety after five dogs died and eight were injured in collisions with snowmobiles while training on shared, multi-use trails. For the first time, mushers who line up for the competitive start Sunday will have the chance to …

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Musher who was disqualified, then reinstated, now withdraws from the Iditarod race across Alaska

10 months, 1 week ago

Musher who was disqualified, then reinstated, now withdraws from the Iditarod race across Alaska

Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A musher who was disqualified from the world’s most famous sled dog race only to be reinstated days later has now officially withdrawn from this year’s Iditarod. Eddie Burke Jr. scratched from the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, officials said in a statement late Monday. Burke, the race’s rookie of the year last year, and 2022 champion …

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World’s most famous sled dog race hit by scandal after claims of violence against women

10 months, 2 weeks ago

World’s most famous sled dog race hit by scandal after claims of violence against women

The Independent

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Assault claims roil Iditarod sled dog race as 2 top mushers are disqualified, then 1 reinstated

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Assault claims roil Iditarod sled dog race as 2 top mushers are disqualified, then 1 reinstated

Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Claims of violence against women are roiling the world’s most famous sled dog race — Alaska’s Iditarod — with officials disqualifying two top mushers this week and then quickly reinstating one of them on Friday, days before the start. The committee offered no explanation of Burke’s disqualification beyond noting a rule that mushers “will be held to …

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Grandson of Iditarod co-founder wins Alaska sled dog race

1 year, 9 months ago

Grandson of Iditarod co-founder wins Alaska sled dog race

Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Ryan Redington on Tuesday won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, bringing his six dogs off the Bering Sea ice to the finish line on Nome’s main street. Redington, 40, is the grandson of Joe Redington Sr., who helped co-found the arduous race across Alaska that was first held in 1973 and is known as the “Father …

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Heat takes toll as Iditarod mushers trek across Alaska

1 year, 9 months ago

Heat takes toll as Iditarod mushers trek across Alaska

Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Mushers and their dogs in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race face plenty of variables in the Alaska wilderness. Jason Mackey said a thermometer hanging from the back of his sled hit 80 degrees Fahrenheit at one point this week as he camped alongside the trail while mushers neared the halfway mark of the race. Although it’s …

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Brent Sass wins his 1st Iditarod sled dog race across Alaska

2 years, 9 months ago

Brent Sass wins his 1st Iditarod sled dog race across Alaska

Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Musher Brent Sass won the arduous Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across Alaska on Tuesday as his team of 11 dogs dashed off the Bering Sea ice through a crowd of fans in downtown Nome. Sass mushed down Front Street and across the finish line just before 6 a.m. “It’s awesome, it’s a dream come true,” Sass …

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Brent Sass maintains lead as Iditarod reaches Bering Sea ice

2 years, 9 months ago

Brent Sass maintains lead as Iditarod reaches Bering Sea ice

Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Brent Sass continued to lead the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Sunday, but he must hold off the defending champion as mushers have reached the Bering Sea sea coast and its treacherous ice. According to GPS trackers each musher carries, Sass had a lead of just over 10 miles on Dallas Seavey, who tied Rick Swenson …

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Sass maintains lead in Iditarod, picks up cash, fish swag

2 years, 9 months ago

Sass maintains lead in Iditarod, picks up cash, fish swag

Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Musher Brent Sass is maintaining his lead in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and was the first to arrive at the checkpoint in Kaltag early Saturday. For reaching Kaltag first, Sass was presented a burned art piece in the shape of a fish made by local artist Apay’uq Moore, $2,000 and 25 pounds of fresh Bristol …

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Alaska musher on brink of becoming Iditarod’s best ever

2 years, 10 months ago

Alaska musher on brink of becoming Iditarod’s best ever

Associated Press

TALKEETNA, Alaska — Dallas Seavey is on the cusp of becoming mushing’s greatest ever champion, but he is also secure enough in himself to say that win or lose, this year’s race across Alaska will be his last — at least for a while. Swenson, a 71-year-old known as the King of the Iditarod, won his titles between 1977-1991 and …

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Moose tramples and crushes Iditarod dogsled team in Alaska

2 years, 11 months ago

Moose tramples and crushes Iditarod dogsled team in Alaska

The Independent

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The climate crisis is eating away at the trail of the world’s most famous dog-sled race

3 years, 9 months ago

The climate crisis is eating away at the trail of the world’s most famous dog-sled race

The Independent

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Dallas Seavey wins Iditarod, matches most wins by a musher

3 years, 9 months ago

Dallas Seavey wins Iditarod, matches most wins by a musher

Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Ever since Dallas Seavey became the youngest musher to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 2012, he’s been bombarded by questions on whether he would eventually get five race titles, the most ever by a musher. “I think it was probably 10 minutes after I won that first race that somebody mentioned five,” he told …

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Dallas Seavey on the cusp of 5th title with Iditarod lead

3 years, 9 months ago

Dallas Seavey on the cusp of 5th title with Iditarod lead

The Independent

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Norwegian musher Thomas Waerner wins Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on second attempt

4 years, 9 months ago

Norwegian musher Thomas Waerner wins Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on second attempt

Firstpost

46-year-old musher Thomas Waerner won the Iditarod in only his second attempt. Anchorage: Norwegian musher Thomas Waerner easily won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across Alaska, one of the few US sporting events not cancelled by concerns over the new coronavirus. Alaska Airlines announced before the race started it would end its four-decade-long financial support, citing a change in …

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Thomas Waerner wins Iditarod as fans opt not to practice social distancing

4 years, 9 months ago

Thomas Waerner wins Iditarod as fans opt not to practice social distancing

LA Times

As a young boy growing up in Norway, Thomas Waerner spent idle hours thinking long and hard about two different kinds of iconic American modes of transportation: muscle cars and the sled dogs in the Iditarod. Waerner, 47, made one of those dreams reality on Wednesday, winning the nearly 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across Alaska. “This is something …

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Musher’s journey from feeding sled dogs to winning Iditarod

5 years, 9 months ago

Musher’s journey from feeding sled dogs to winning Iditarod

Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A young Pete Kaiser had the drive to learn about racing sled dogs and the family and community to support his passion. Kaiser became the fifth Alaska Native and first Yupik musher to win the world’s most famous sled dog race. Alaska Native dancers and drummers performed near the finish line as they waited for Kaiser to …

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