Helen on July 26th, 2010

The son of respected longtime musher John Barron, Jason Barron and his brothers Laird and Will grew up around sled dogs, helping train their father’s champion teams and doing chores in the family dog lot in Alaska. Their father’s racing history not only included close to 30 Iditarods between 1978 and 2006, but two first-place [...]

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Helen on June 14th, 2010

When Von Martin set out to retrace the historic 1925 Serum Run across Alaska, in the company of seven other mushers and eleven accompanying snowmachiners, he became part of a traveling community which would rely on themselves and each other for the next three weeks as they faced an unforgiving trail and the worst Alaskan [...]

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Helen on June 11th, 2010

Craig Medred has been writing about the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race for three decades, from following the race as Outdoor Editor for the Anchorage Daily News to his latest gig as a staff writer for the online newsmagazine Alaska Dispatch. Most fans of the race who’ve been around for more than a couple of [...]

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Helen on May 25th, 2010

Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young’s resolution honoring Lance Mackey passed the House this evening after being brought to the floor for debate this afternoon. H.Res. 1189 commends Lance Mackey on winning a record 4th straight Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Watch a video of Rep. Young’s remarks here.
Rep. Young’s floor remarks as [...]

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Helen on May 15th, 2010

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel profiles dog sledding legend Lance Mackey when the Emmy®-winning show returns May 18, exclusively on HBO:
The Dogfather. Lance Mackey might be the toughest and most dominating athlete you’ve never heard of, unless you live in Alaska. A resident of Fox, Alaska, Mackey is considered one of the [...]

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