2+ hour ago  (1469+ words) While an Alaska mainstream media long spoon-fed the news by the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race remains focused on whether reality TV star Jessie Holmes is going to win a second consecutive race, a 66-year-old, rookie dog driver from Norway…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (1215+ words) The essence of Ruby, as captured by Iditarod Hall-of-Fame artist Jon Van Zyle in 2016 Where does one begin? Probably with the Ruby arrival of the Dynamic Duo of billionaire Kjell R'kke and trusted sidekick-cum-guide "Thomas W'rner, the winner of the…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (1249+ words) Billionaire, Norwegian "expedition musher" Kjell R'kke and his guide, former Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champ Thomas W'rner, led the "Last Great Race" into the halfway checkpoint on Thursday only to be "relegated," as they say in professional cycling. Relegation…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago  (1344+ words) The Iditamob of more than 100 who left Knik on Feb. 22 is now down to a diehard half-dozen/Spencer Martin, Facebook Almost everything in and about America's Far North has changed in unimaginable ways over the course of the last 110 years,…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago  (668+ words) Alaska's new $5.5 billion musher and early Iditarod leader Billionaire "Expedition Musher" Kjelle R'kke put down his marker as one of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race's top dogs in 2026 by leading the field of 36 teams into the Alaska Range on…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (1833+ words) The "exciting" last minute addition to the Iditarod/Facebook An "even more exciting" version of the "Last Great Race" left civilization Sunday on the 1,000-mile run north to Nome, or so says the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. No, we…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1645+ words) With an Irish hiker noted for his physical toughness and psychological fortitude in retreat after challenging what might be the toughest trail left in North America and an Italian woman in the hospital hoping doctors can save her frostbitten toes,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1914+ words) Iditarod Trail Invitational leader Gavin Hennigan at the Nome finish line in 2024; it's proving a tough journey to get there this year/Facebook As darkness settled over the vast, desolate, bitterly cold and once-again wild heart of Alaska known to…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (1383+ words) Centre for High North Logistics graphic Russian President Vladimir Putin might find his army bogged down in a messy and wasteful war in Ukraine, but he appears to be winning the battle against nature's long, icy lock on the waters…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1551+ words) This being the "cabin fever" season in Alaska, those suffering with what were once called the "winter blues" might want to take note of a cheap and easy cure touted by a "systematic umbrella review with meta-meta-analysis" just published in…...