Air Force Reunites Alaska Families with Sled Dogs
For six days a week, a small 30-passenger, chartered plane touched down on the runway in Galena, Alaska, carrying a team of contractors with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, their equipment and supplies for conducting environmental investigations at the former Air Force Galena Forward Operating Location.Recently, the flight manifest…
Dry Land Sled Dog Race Coming Back to Cadillac
It won’t be too long before teams of sled dogs are out in the woods doing what they do best — mushing.Dry land dog races are becoming the fastest growing segment of dog-powered sports and the Cadillac area is again hosting an event. The weekend of Nov. 9 and 10,…
Jim Lanier presents “Beyond Ophir Confessions of an Iditarod Musher, An Alaska Odyssey”
Tuesday, Oct 8 5:00p to 7:00p, UAA Campus Bookstore, Anchorage, AKJim Lanier moved to Alaska in 1967 to work at the Native Hospital with the US Public Health Service. After 33 years of service, he retired as a pathologist at Providence Hospital. In 1977 Jim began mushing and ran his…
After 25 years, dogsledding and guiding still a passion
They raise their sled dogs from puppies and keep them throughout the dogs’ entire lives.They take their clients on weeklong trips to northern Canada.They make their own dogsleds and canoes.Those are the things that, as they mark their 25th year of business, Kevin Slater and Polly Mahoney of Mahoosuc Guide…
Sled Dog Racing Coming to County
Mushers and teams of sled dogs are expected to converge in Harrow in November for the area’s first competition sanctioned by the International Sled Dog Racing Association.No snow? No problem.”In Essex County we can’t count on that snow,” said Lori Lee, chairwoman of the new Sleddog Sports Association of Southwestern…
Urban Mushing: A Solution for High Energy Dogs
Ah, the high-energy breed. It’s often a breed that is widely misunderstood and has pet parents throwing their arms up in frustration everywhere.The problem is that many inexperienced dog owners have an unrealistic view of their dog’s exercise requirements. Now double that for a high-energy breed.These people envision taking their…
Scandinavian sled-dog race officials tour Alaska
A delegation of sled-dog race organizers from Norway and Sweden is in Alaska this week, hoping to get some pointers from the state where mushing is the official sport.The 16-person group spent Monday in Fairbanks, meeting with officials from the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. They’ll spend Wednesday and…
Yukon Quest cracks list of trade company’s top-100 events
The Yukon Quest 1,000 Mile International Sled Dog Race has been named one of the country’s top events for 2013 by a media organization based in New York.BizBash, a leading trade media company for event and meeting organizers and event marketers, announced its 2013 list of Top 100 Events in…