Midview Grad and Dog-Sled Racer Speaks to Elementary Students
Just one good sled dog is able to pull 1,500 pounds, and the stars of the Iditarod need a lot of energy to complete the race, according to 2007 Midview graduate Cory Igneczi.Each of the 16 dogs pulling a sled eats about 16,000 calories a day, mostly moose meat and…
Canadian Sled Dog Challenge Starts in Buckland Sask
The Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race is underway on a route that will take teams across northern Saskatchewan.Twenty teams took off from the starting line at the Buckland Arena near the city of Prince Albert on Tuesday at noon.This marks the 15th annual event which attracts mushers from across the…
Race Is A Fitting Tribute To Musher
The common definition of “Unalakleet” is “the place where the east wind blows.” It certainly blows from the east there — 20 mph is considered calm.However, the true meaning of Unalakleet is an adaptation of an Inupiat word defined as “from the south side.”Whatever the meaning, dog mushers from around…
Aniak Sled Dog Race Set to Begin Friday
The Aniak 150 sled dog race is set to begin Friday evening in Aniak.KYUK (http://bit.ly/pEOxAj ) says only four mushers are signed up for the race so far. Mushers can enter the 150-mile race right up to just before the 7 p.m. start Friday.The total purse for the race is…
Unfinished Business for Haliburton Musher
Hank DeBruin set to tackle Alaska’s Iditarod again this yearMarketed as the last great race, the Iditarod draws men and women from all over the world who share a passion for dogs and the drive to complete in a thousand mile dogsled race that spans the toughest terrain under the…
Veterninarians Give Canine Athletes the Go-Ahead
A day before their up to 517-kilometre journey was set to begin, the canine participants of this year’s 15th Annual Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race from Prince Albert to La Ronge got the go-ahead from veterinarians, Monday.The team of two veterinarians and one veterinary student will spend the next few…
Anchorage Kids Make Mushing Sport of Choice
The Goddard-Vaughan family has been trying to answer a question lately, one they never quite imagined would surface in their suburban Anchorage lives: Should they move from their home off Tudor Road in order to expand their sled dog kennel?The engines behind such a plan are the Goddard-Vaughan girls, Lila…
Meet The Winning Quest Team
Mushers get a lot of credit for winning sled dog races, but ask any of them and they’ll tell you the true credit goes to the dogs.“For me, I get so much more out of seeing my dogs get the respect they deserve than me winning any trophy,” 2012 Yukon…
UP200 Finish
It was a close race. It turns out that David Gill, who was leading, got runner up. Ryan Anderson surprised timers by crossing the finish line earlier than expected at 9:16 Sunday morning.Anderson says he let his dogs take over. “You know just watching the dogs, managing the dogs and…
For Camden Youngsters, It’s READY…SET…MUSH!
There was no snow, but a group of students from Camden were still able to say, “Mush,” when they participated in the Pennridge Dog Sled Challenge here this weekend.And they got to use a sled they built themselves.“We built the sled two years ago at the Shipyard and Maritime Museum…