Helen on February 15th, 2010

Check Point with Jon Little:

Hans Gatt has claimed his fourth Yukon Quest title in a convincing, record-smashing run that pitted him against the reigning four-time champion in an epic 450-mile “sprint” to the finish in which his dogs took just over 15 hours of rest in addition to the mandatory eight hours at Braeburn.
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Helen on February 9th, 2010

“It is clear and cold, and there is no wind. When daylight comes we can see a long ways off. And it is very quiet. We can hear no sound but the beat of our hearts, and in the silence that is a very loud sound.” -Jack London, The Sundog Trail (Harper’s Monthly, December, 1905)
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Helen on February 6th, 2010

We’re on the Yukon Quest trail again! The race starts at 11 am this morning in downtown Fairbanks, with 24 mushers cruising up the Chena River on their way to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada, following old mail and freight routes 1,000 miles through some of the wildest country left in North America!
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Mark on January 11th, 2010

With only two minutes between Jeff King and Allen Moore as they came through the Glennallen checkpoint at The Hub of Alaska, the two mushers were within sight of each other along the Glenn Highway west of town. Under sunny skies and minus 33 degree temperatures the teams ran steadly beside the road as fans, [...]

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Helen on December 8th, 2009

Alaska Dispatch’s Scott Woodham, who reports for the Alaska Beat, Daily News of the North section, collects and comments on an assortment of recent news articles about mushing, including the cancellation of the first mid-distance sled dog race of the year, the Sheep Mountain 150; the story of a disgruntled Montana musher who has filed [...]

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