Tag: Sled dog race

33 Iditarod Sled Dog Race Mushers to Trek Across Alaska

WILLOW, Alaska—The race to Nome starts Sunday for 33 mushers in this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska. The mushers are to take off every two minutes in a staggered start across a frozen lake about 70 miles north of Anchorage. The race starts Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. local time. They will…


A Champion Wins Alaska’s Toughest Dog Sled Race By Communing with Nature and His Furry Companions

Attitude is everything for Brent Sass, winner of the 2022 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Always a challenging event, it was particularly harrowing this year. Sass said he went through what he describes as “mental warfare” to bring his team across the finish line first in 2022, triumphing despite being blown off-course by a mammoth…