Most Alaskans are aware of the Yukon Quest. It has been called the “little brother of the Iditarod.” And, indeed, it was. Colder, darker, and with fewer teams entering — it was indeed the little ...

The front-runners in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race are arriving at the Yukon River, pushing deeper into the long middle stretch of the race just as intense cold is forecast for the region. The ...

Six-time Yukon Quest victor Brent Sass poses with his lead dogs, Slater (left) and Ace. (Dan Bross/KUAC) Eureka musher Brent Sass and his 14-dog team won the Yukon Quest 300 Monday morning in Central.

EAGLE VILLAGE, Alaska - When Jody Potts-Joseph was growing up, her family mushed sled dogs during the harsh Alaskan winters to hunt and trap, feeding them salmon caught from the Yukon River by the ...

The second year of Robert’s Yukon Adventure Day at The Grove National Historic Landmark in Glenview on Jan. 13 had snow, giving outdoor Glenbrook community premises a feeling of what it might be like ...

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 ...

This year’s Yukon Quest Alaska is certainly embracing the cold, so much so that organizers have moved the starting line of Saturday’s race ... again. Originally slated for a Chena River start, the ...

Teams begin arriving in Carmacks, the second checkpoint. As temperature fall to -50 Celsius technologies starts to fail. The GPS trackers that allow race officials and volunteers to predict the ...

ANCHORAGE, AK (Associated Press) — The Iditarod, the annual sled dog race celebrating Alaska’s official state sport, is set to get underway Saturday. The sport has a new focus on safety after five ...

Big Lake musher Nicolas Petit digs into the parmesan rosemary fingerling potatoes that came with his ribeye steak with gorgonzola truffle butter and sauteed swiss chard. Petit won a gourmet meal ...