Known as the world’s toughest sled dog race — or, to some, the toughest race on earth — the Yukon Quest is the wild, free-spirited younger brother to the more famous Iditarod. The race ...

Crowds gathered in the Alaskan city of Anchorage on Saturday to celebrate the ceremonial start of the 47th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race. Teams of dogs led by drivers known as mushers dashed across ...

ANADYR, November 18. /TASS/. The distance of a combined dog sled race that will pass through Russia’s Chukotka autonomous region and Kamchatka region may end up being 2,500 kilometers long ...

A team of one musher and 12-14 dogs will race about 1,000 miles to Nome. Because of the time and location, sled teams may endure tough weather conditions. Temperatures as low as -40 degrees ...

Hallmark’s ‘The Finnish Line’ follows a young woman named Anya, whose ambition to win the annual dog sledding race in Finland ...

About 160 competitors from six countries took part in the annual sled dog race run called On the land of Sampo that was held on January 23-24 in Russia's Petrozavodsk in republic of Karelia.

But the most important of all is the fan support. Sled dog racing is over 150 years old. During this time sled dogs have ceased to be the only means of transport for people in the north and have ...

The annual Beargrease Dog Sled Marathon took place this week in the cold and snow of northern Minnesota. After months of training, dogs ran the 300-mile (480km) course. Peach and Blossom from ...

I doubt the veterinarians who determined this ever witnessed the beginning of a sled dog race. Every year, dozens of canine ...

A major Alaskan tradition has arrived for its 2024 installment, as Dallas Seavey won the Iditarod sled dog race on March 12 for a record sixth time. However, the dog musher's victory was ...