The world's most famous sled ... across the Alaskan wilderness. This year, mushers and their dog teams will tackle a route exceeding 1,100 miles, over 100 miles longer than the traditional course.

Snowpack in traditional dogsledding regions ... Emilie Richardson/ABC News The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, the 1,000-mile trek across the Alaskan wilderness known as the "Last Great Race on ...

Alaska Native mushers say Indigenous participation in their sport is culturally important. Sled ... the traditional mode of travel on ancestral trails, the relationship between musher and dog.

Officials with the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race announced ... Ventana was flown to Anchorage, Alaska where a necropsy was conducted and officials discovered that the dog was pregnant.

She got her first sled dog when she was 13 years old and fantasized about one day participating in the renowned 1,000-mile race in Alaska, the Iditarod. In 2003, she thought her dream was coming ...

The Alabama native—and his accompaniment ... as mushers waded their way across Alaska's frozen tundra. Below are the final standings from a dog sled race like no other. The Iditarod takes ...