Date archives: March 24, 2013

Risky Trails Kennel owner Nancy Dragan, who also oversees the pet therapy program at Carlton Comprehensive High School, dropped by the campus that afternoon to teach kids the finer points of sled dog racing, also known as mushing.“What Nancy does is (she) just has an awesome program, with her dogs…

Lily Stewart has some catching up to do. After all, she was staying in a cabin without internet service, and she is still a 16-year-old high school student.Stewart, an Ipswich resident, is also a World Dog Sledding Championships Bronze medalist. She took third in the 4-Dog Mass Start event, competing…

As Mainers dig out after a late-season snowstorm, Belfast residents won’t be able to spot a sight that became familiar this winter — Karen Miles riding through town on her dogsled.That’s because Miles, 44, is currently traveling via dogsled over several hundred miles of northern Labrador in the company of…

As Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race rookie Chrstine Roalofs from Anchorage mushed down Nome’s Front Street on Sunday, collecting the traditional red lantern and bringing the last great race to an end, the sad story of another rookie musher who didn’t make it was finally starting to emerge.In what might…

We are safely home and snug in the big city of Anchorage. All of us — your pilot scribes and our two journalists — feel a bit wiser for the experiences of the last 10 days, as well as humbled. The kindness of strangers was overwhelming. Visits with friends scattered…

The Iditarod XLI Trail Sled Dog Race finished on Sunday, March 17 with the last remaining teams checking into Nome with rookie Christine Roalofs capturing the Red Lantern award.Mitch Seavey, this year’s winner, pulled into the burled arch on Tuesday night, winning his second championship, in 9 days, 7 hours,…

Thomas Wærner, a 40-year-old musher from the mountains of Synnfjell in Oppland County, relished weekend celebrations after he logged what commentators called a decisive victory in this year’s 1,000-kilometer Finnmarksløpet, the long-distance sled dog race over much of Finnmark County in northern Norway.Wærner rode back into the far northern city…

With his hand thrust in the air and cheers echoing up and down Second Avenue in downtown Fairbanks, Salcha veterinarian Arleigh Reynolds reached the pinnacle of sprint mushing success Sunday afternoon by winning the GCI Open North American Championship sled dog race for the first time in his illustrious career.“It’s…

2013 Open North American – GCI Coverage – Day 2See video recap of Day 2 of the 2013 Open North American!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyri6GhFoLA&feature=youtu.be

2013 Open North American – GCI Coverage – Day 1See video recap of Day 1 of the 2013 Open North American!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgGOHhj2Szs&feature=share&list=UUj1UjbeSeIn1dyASonVFDig