Date archives: November 1, 2005

Featured in the Nov/Dec 2005 Issue:The 2004 Arctic Winter Games were held in Ft. McMurray, Alberta, Canada. This multisport international event is held every two years and features winter sports from several northern cultures. Members of team Alaska’s junior mushing division, along with coach Ron Kilian, shared their experience and…

©2006 Mushing Magazine – Nov/Dec 2006 issueThe Canadian Championship Dog Derby held in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, is one of the oldest sled dog races in North America. Top mushers gather to test their dogs in the fast-paced, 3-day event. The mushers are focused competitors and the lean, leggy dogs…

©2006 Mushing Magazine from issue #107, Nov/Dec 2005Deep in the Alaskan wilderness, 100 miles northwest of Anchorage, lies The Apocalypse. Unlike the doomsday found in the Book of Revelations this jagged 9000-foot peak stands in a land of glacial ice and rock still untamed and unascended deep in the Revelation…

In the month of April, most mushers are stowing away their sleds, thinking about which dogs to breed, and switching from mukluks to rubber boots for the arrival of mud season. But in northern Alaska a little-known circuit of village sprint races is just getting started.The races are the main…

©2006 Mushing Magazine, reprinted from Nov/Dec 2005 issue.In the month of April, most mushers are stowing away their sleds, thinking about which dogs to breed, and switching from mukluks to rubber boots for the arrival of mud season. But in northern Alaska a little-known circuit of village sprint races is…

A remote community in Northern Saskatchewan keeps the tradition of running dogs alive!All season long they have shared their knowledge about dogs and trained on the same trails. But when it comes to race time, each one of them is highly competitive. Sled dog racing in Southend, Saskatchewan, is a…

© Mushing Magazine – Nov/Dec issue 2005A remote community in Northern Saskatchewan keeps the tradition of running dogs alive!All season long they have shared their knowledge about dogs and trained on the same trails. But when it comes to race time, each one of them is highly competitive. Sled dog…

Featured in the Nov/Dec issue 2005 Issue:February 2003 was a bad month for all dog mushers. The warm weather had melted trails all across the state, halting races, ruining trips and devastating dog mushers’ training plans. My family was one of the many affected by the unusual weather. My father…

© Mushing Magazine – Featured in the Nov/Dec issue 2005 Issue:In the past we believed that pyometra was simply a bacterial infection of the uterus. Now we know that although infection is present in most cases, this common condition is caused by a hormonal abnormality. Pyometra occurs mainly in middle-aged…