Michigan Tech Mushing Club President Benjamin Amat says this race kicks off the season for many.

When John Rasmussen joined the Alaskan Sled Dog & Racing Association, the organization’s clubhouse was spartan — a bare-bones building that generated heat from the crowds that would fill the structure ...

The Iditarod and the Yukon Quest may be the first races to come to mind when thinking about sled dog racing for many Alaskans, but the sport encompasses so many other distances and types of races as ...

Local mushers compete in the 2025 Akiak Dash. This story was produced by KYUK and Northern Journal. Charlie Chingliak is a budding high school basketball player in the Western Alaska Native village of ...

ALTA, Wyo. – I'm not sure who's having more fun, musher Michael Tarver or his sled dogs as we charge on through the white wonderland. Everything is white. Massive trees rise in the background and the ...

Bethany Hway gazed at Lake Minnetonka through her office window in Excelsior. It was January 2018. She had been following the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon on the internet and caught herself ...

A musher drives a team of sled dogs, usually across snow and ice. But growing numbers of racers are showing the sport can thrive even if it's not winter. For the first time, the World Championship for ...

Located deep in the woods of Ely, lies a special kind of dog kennel, one made specifically for sled dogs. “We have around 90 dogs here. They are age ranges in the mid to upper ages. This is an old ...

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This story was produced by KYUK Public Media and Northern Journal. Charlie Chingliak is a budding high-school basketball player in the Western Alaska Native village of Akiachak, and he looks the part ...