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From its inception back in 1984, the race has been shrouded in folklore.Most people consider Dean Osmar, the 1984 Iditarod champion, responsible for its creation, but why he began it still varies considerably depending on who is asked. Some have claimed the race began as a beer run into the…

“I can get a monkey to Nome for $50,000,” joked two-time Iditarod and four-time Yukon Quest champ Lance Mackey.“I can get a monkey to Nome for $50,000,” joked two-time Iditarod and four-time Yukon Quest champ Lance Mackey.Luckily for Mackey, Harry Alexie is no monkey and is in fact, rather dog…

It’s not a sprint race and it’s not a distance event, but yet it’s very different from any other stage race in the world. La Grande Odyssee, a two-week event in the French and Swiss Alps is classified by its officials as the toughest long-distance stage race in the world….

The Midwest region is home to some of the most reliable snow and pristine hardwood trails in the United States.With a rich history of dogsledding and a thriving sled dog community, this is where many well-known and respected mushers train for major distance races such as the Iditarod. Distance qualifiers…

Many people have accomplished great things because they didn’t know they couldn’t.This quote describes Ernest deKoven Leffingwell, the great explorer/scientist (1875-1971) whom mapped much of Alaska’s arctic. His exploration and contributions to geological science were admirable, to say the least! He never publicized his adventures or sought glory and riches….

The Vancouver Sun newspaper is reporting that there is a chance to have mushing and skijoring demonstration events prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics. Read full story here: Click Here

The annual Fairbanks Alaska Dog Mushers Symposium is intermittently streaming past symposia, and will stream auditorium talks from this upcoming symposium live.For more information see: http://sleddog.org/symposium/streaming.htmlThe ADMA Symposium is the largest of its kind in the U.S., and possible the world. If you have the chance to get there, don’t…

The Siskiyou Sled Dog Distance Race, set for Jan 23-25th, 2009, has become the first Iditarod qualifying race held in California. The event boasts the new 220-mile distance sled dog race, along with a110-mile race set in the vast forests of far Northern California. Mushing teams from the western US…

The largest and most comprehensive sled dog symposium in the U.S. announces that the theater presentations at this year’s symposium will again be streamed on the Internet. The link to listen to the stream will be posted at www.sleddog.org shortly before the symposium begins. Once there, click on the “listen”…

The U.S. Postal Service showed the public the new Alaska statehood stamp Wednesday. The photo on the stamp is by long time official Iditarod and Alaska photographer Jeff Schultz, and shows popular Willow, Alaska dog musher DeeDee Jonrowe with her team mushing under the Alaska Range. The stamp will be…