Date archives: November 28, 2013

Not everyone is disappointed that the weather is turning colder. The chilly temps are ideal for things like running a team of sled dogs.Even before the sled dog gear is slid on, a pack of Alaskan Huskies can sense it.Read more here: http://www.wdaz.com/event/article/id/20925/group/homepage/

Who needs snow for sled dog racing?Certainly not the dozens of enthusiasts who flocked to Mount Misery on Sunday for an annual event celebrating the mild-weather form of the sport, which consisted of dogs pulling masters on wheeled carts.Read more here: http://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/news/no-snow-no-problem-for-sled-dog-racers-in-pemberton/article_6d40f3d5-f7b6-54a9-8f49-653e878668a3.html

The adventure: La Grande Odyssée is an arduous 470-mile dog-sled race up and over the snowy slopes of the Savoie Mont-Blanc region between France and Switzerland. The 11-day event attracts an international mix of more than 20 dog sledders, know as “mushers”, who compete for a prize purse of $100,000…

The board of directors of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon this week elected Jason Rice new interim president, replacing former interim president Tone Coughlin, who had taken the job about a month prior to his departure.Read more here: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/284624/group/Sports/

The annual Can’t Depend on Snow sled dog race will be held from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at Rolling Meadows Golf Course.Competitors will run their teams using normal sleds if there is snow and wheeled sleds if snowfall is insufficient.Read more here: http://fonddulachub.fdlreporter.com/article/20131127/FON05/311270305/Can-t-Depend-Snow-sled-dog-race-held-Dec-7?odyssey=nav%7Chead%20%20title=FON

The weather is getting colder, the days are getting shorter, and all we want to do is curl up by the fireplace, but our dogs are ready to hit the cold weather “paws” first! Unfortunately, finding fun things to do with our dogs in cold weather can be a challenge.No…

Don’t look yet, but a truncated, Staten Island version of the famed Iditarod race — the one that sees teams of dogs race, pulling sleds over more than 1,000 miles between Anchorage and Nome in Alaska — may be on the horizon.Far from that cold-weather state, a group of Siberian…

Dan Seavey formally introduced his new book “The First Great Race: Alaska’s 1973 Iditarod” to an enthusiastic hometown gathering at the Seward Community Library Museum last Saturday. Seavey thanked Doug Capra for recording his historical narratives on audio tape and for encouraging him to write things out. Boxes of yellow…

The 30th Annual John Beargrease Sled Dog race was facing cancellation, but with the help of some new sponsors the race is back on.Race organizers announced today that Black Bear Casino will be the title sponsor for the race.Read more here: http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/local/Beargrease-sled-dog-marathon-gains-new-sponsors–231997421.html

The Yukon is as mysterious as it is beautiful. Larger than California and covering more area than Belgium, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands combined, only about 36,000 people inhabit Canada’s westernmost territory.Jack London was here. So were the likes of Robert Service, Pierre Berton and Robert Kennedy, who became the…