Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race Field At 22
The committee for Alaska’s Kuskokwim 300 sled dog race, the world’s richest middle-distance race, made three announcements on Wednesday as the Jan. 18 start draws nearer.The K300 committee announced that the current field has expanded to 22 mushers. The latest to join his year’s field are Josh Cadzow, Cim Smyth,…
Mushers Take On The Challenge
Travis Beals, 21, a life-long Seward resident, dog musher and owner of Turning Heads Kennel, along with his partner Sarah Stokey, of Cape Cod, are caring for, and training their 40 sled dogs at the Turning Heads Kennel, just off Exit Glacier/Herman Leirer Road. Beals is running the grueling 1,000-mile…
Dog Sled Huskies Make Novel More Meaningful For Class
Classroom met reality Wednesday when a few dozen Franklin High School ninth-graders met two dozen sled dogs from a Campton dog sled touring business.Carrie Charette’s ninth-grade English class is reading Jack London’s classic, “The Call of the Wild.”And so she wanted to show the readers what real huskies look like.Read…
Aurora Kids Learn About Sled Dogs Via Skype
AURORA — Donelle Leach’s third-graders in Aurora had the chance Tuesday to talk live to a park ranger at Denali National Park in Alaska.They learned about the special features of sled dogs, asked questions such as, “What happens if the musher falls off the sled?” and played games that showed…
Sheep Mountain 150 Sled Dog Race Cancelled
It is with regret that the organizing committee for the Sheep Mountain 150 Sled Dog Race announces that the 2012 race will be cancelled due to insufficient snow. At this time there is not enough snow to safely allow passage of racing sled dog teams. The snowfall that arrived in…
Dog Sledding Tour Pairs ‘Mush’ with Hush
The air is charged with the sound of 17 howling huskies, and the snow brake I’m standing on with both feet quivers as the brawny dogs in front of me strain against their harnesses.It’s not a moment for misgivings or second thoughts: Either you hold tight as you release the…
Turning Head Kennels & The Seward Brewing Company Present Family Night on Dec. 6th
Join Travis Beals, 2013 Iditarod Rookie and owner of Turning Heads Kennel, at the Seward Brewing Company this coming Thursday December, 6th from 5-7 for family night. Kids will enjoy playing dog sled themed games, and young and old alike will enjoy meeting a few members of Beals’ kennel —…
15 Teams Signed Up for K300 Sled Dog Race
Bethel is set to host the state’s top mushing teams in the K300 sled dog race in January. There are 15 teams signed up to compete so far, nearly all of them Iditarod and Yukon Quest veterans.The field includes four-time Iditarod champion, Jeff King, who has also won the K300…
A Magic Musher and His Sled Dog Stars
“We are of one spirit — the energy, the adventure,” says this musher of Alaskan sled dogs. And they’d all better be pulling in the same direction because that strength-in-unity factor is needed when it’s 60 degrees below zero, winds are blowing at 50 miles an hour, and you’ve got…
Photographer Returns to Tell Story of 2013 Yukon Quest
The Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race spans some of the harshest winter territory on the planet: 1,000 miles between Fairbanks, Alaska and the city of Whitehorse in Canada’s Yukon Territory. Known as ‘The World’s Toughest Sled Dog Race,’ it’s an event like no other. Run every February, the race…