Dan Seavey

Competition begins in Alaska's Iditarod sled-dog race

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Competition in the 40th Annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race began on Sunday with the official start of the race on a frozen lake about 80 miles north of Anchorage.
 

40th Iditarod poised to start with nod to race, trail history

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Sixty-six mushers and their dogs will line up on Saturday for the launch of the 40th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, an event that has grown from an obscure contest many considered a one-time lark into a world-famous, big-money sports extravaganza.
 

Young Alaskan musher wins grueling Yukon dog race

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb 16 (Reuters) - A third-generation Iditarod musher from Alaska has won the less famous but more grueling Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race, that retraces gold-mining routes from the Klondike era.