Mike Bestgen, a 66-year-old resident of St. Cloud, Minnesota, has been a competitive sled dog racer for over 25 years. Bestgen's dedication to the sport has earned him several victories ...

WARM LAKE, Idaho — Caroline Nevills, a 17-year-old musher from Middleton, Idaho, captured first place in the Idaho Sled Dog Challenge's "Warm Lake Stage Race," marking a remarkable comeback from ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome faced a bleak winter. It was hundreds of miles from anywhere, cut off by the frozen sea and unrelenting blizzards, and under siege from a ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome faced a bleak winter. It was hundreds of miles from anywhere, cut off by the frozen sea and unrelenting blizzards, and under siege from ...

Now, 100 years later, Nome is remembering its saviors — the sled dogs and mushers who raced for more than five days through hypothermia, frostbite, gale-force winds and blinding whiteouts to ...

Feb. 2: “Snow blocks dogs bound for Nome; Diptheria anti-toxin expected by noon; hundreds exposed” Feb. 3: “Navy boat held ready for rush to Nome with serum; Daring cut across ice by drivers saves ...

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