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Lack of snow forces Alaska's famous Iditarod race to move starting location
Iditarod race, which normally begins in Anchorage, Alaska, will begin at an alternate location this year due to a lack of ...
Lack of snow north of the Alaska Range prompts Iditarod to move official start to Fairbanks
A lack of snow along a dangerous stretch of trail has led organizers of the world’s most famous sled dog race to move the ...
Lack of snow forces Alaska’s famous Iditarod race to make ‘difficult but necessary’ change
The race is meant to commemorate and celebrate the history of Alaska and the critical part that sled dogs have played in the ...
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Inside the Iditarod, Alaska’s Snowy Super Bowl
To many casual onlookers, the Iditarod is a weird curiosity. The famed sled-dog race, which begins this year on March 1, tasks mushers with trekking roughly 1,000 miles across the snowy Alaskan ...
Iditarod forced to move again due to lack of Alaska snow
In this March 3, 2018, file photo, Eagle River, Alaska musher Tom Schonberger's lead dogs trot along Fourth Avenue during the ...
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Iditarod says it plans to maintain southern route for 2025 race
The Iditarod Trail Committee said Friday it intends to maintain the southern route for the 2025 edition of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Low snowpack throughout much of Alaska had put the ...
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Think sled-dog racing is fading? In Alaska’s mushing-crazy Kuskokwim Delta, it’s booming
Especially Emily Robinson, a 17-year-old from Alaska’s Interior who’s won three junior editions of the Iditarod. Robinson, who finished sixth in the 300-mile race and won the Rookie of the ...
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Missing commuter plane found crashed on Alaska sea ice and all 10 aboard are dead, authorities say
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on its way to the hub community of Nome was located Friday on sea ice, and all 10 people on board died, authorities said.
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Coalville mushers' Iditarod dreams in danger after Idaho qualifier canceled mid-race
The race is one of only three in the continental U.S. that qualifies teams for the famous Iditarod in Alaska. The route was covered in 8 to 10 inches of new snow, heavy and wet. "That was a tough ...
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Mushers and dogs braved a horrific Alaska winter to deliver lifesaving serum 100 years ago
This year’s Iditarod starts March 1. FILE – Leonhard Seppala poses for a photo in 1928, in Alaska. In 1925, Seppala was part of the nearly 700-mile relay of mushers and dog teams to get ...
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Missing commuter plane found crashed on Alaska sea ice and all 10 aboard died, authorities say
Iditarod. The city said prayer vigils would be held Friday for those on board the plane, friends and family and those involved in search efforts. Alaska’s U.S. senators, Lisa Murkowski and Dan ...
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Searchers in Alaska scour frozen tundra and icy seas for missing plane with 10 aboard
Nome, a Gold Rush town, is just south of the Arctic Circle and is known as the ending point of the 1,000-mile (1,610-kilometer) Iditarod. Alaska's U.S. senators, Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan ...