1967 - The first Iditarod is held, with 58 mushers competing along a 50-mile trail. March 1973 - After shorter races in 1967 and 1969, the first full-length race takes place. The course is ...
Jessie Holmes, a former reality television star, won the longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Friday, celebrating ...
This year, the Iditarod saw both a historic anniversary and the marked impact of climate change. Writer Lale Arikoglu follows ...
Add a historic Iditarod across Alaska to Emily Ford’s résumé of extreme winter feats. Under bright sunshine, the rookie musher from Duluth and her team of 10 Alaskan huskies crossed the finish line of ...
"We have commemorative cozy sweatshirts with our traditional Nome National Forest sign, and we are selling them in order to ...
The National Transportation Safety Board says a commuter plane that crashed on sea ice off Alaska and killed all 10 people on ...
The regional airline flight in Alaska that crashed, killing all 10 people onboard, was overweight before it took off, ...
The Bering Air flight that crashed in sea ice off Alaska, killing 10, was over the weight limit for a "flight into known or forecast icing conditions," the NTSB said.
Freezing rain was reported in Nome at the time of the crash. A large weather front over Western Alaska created the potential ...
The commuter flight initially departed from Nome Airport (PAOM) in Nome, Alaska. It proceeded to Saint Michael Airport (PAMK) in Saint Michael, Alaska, stopping at Unalakleet Airport (PAUN ...