Helen on May 10th, 2010

The Yukon Quest and Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Races have seen many foreign teams enter and finish their 1,000 mile courses, but the mushers are usually from similar northern climates, or at least from places where it gets cold enough to wear mittens and snow boots once in a while.
When Oswald “Newton” Marshall signed on [...]

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Helen on March 22nd, 2010

The 2010 Iditarod was one for the record books, with the incomparable Champion Lance Mackey and his Dream Team setting the pace for the second-fastest time ever recorded, resulting in an unprecedented fourth victory for the master musher from Fairbanks. Iditarod’s Eye on the Trail blogger Bruce Lee wrote, “History was just made. For [...]

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Helen on March 11th, 2010

Lance Mackey’s Larry is a mushing legend. The big gray Alaskan husky is the winningest lead dog in long distance racing history; he’s led Lance’s team to victory in seven 1,000 mile Yukon Quest and Iditarod races, and he has won three coveted Golden Harnesses.
Larry has been to Nome nine times, eight with Lance and once, [...]

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Helen on February 21st, 2010

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner’s Joshua Armstrong captured all the fun and excitement of the Yukon Quest Awards Banquet in Whitehorse with his article, Yukon Quest wraps up this year’s race with awards:
Gatt’s possible retirement from the Quest and Iditarod was a hot topic of the night as mushers each took turns at the microphone.
“It would [...]

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