Trail sweeps Robin Gage(front left), Clay Beck(front right), Andrew Bell (far right), Gunnar Johnson(2nd left), and Jessie Royer(3rd left) stop on the trail for a moment and watch Emily Ford and Jessie Downey shortly after their departure of Selawik. | Article: Alena Naiden, Photo: Whitney McLaren.- ADN.com - Kotzebue, Alaska
Dempsey Woods Sr. ran Kobuk 440, crossing the tough Northwest Alaska terrain that’s home to him and sharing the spotlight with other prominent mushers, a dozen times. But this year, Woods participated in the race a different way - by running the checkpoint in Shungnak.
Woods was one of the many people who every year work behind the scenes and support the Kobuk 440 Sled Dog Race.
“If you’re not in it, you’re gonna be in it anyway, in some way,” Woods said about Kobuk 440. “This year, I was helping the checkpoint because, you know, these are...
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Bike sled dog racing can be done with one dog or a pack.| Article/Image: Kenji Sato, ABC Radio Brisbane - Queensland, Austrailia
Queensland's balmy weather is not enough to prevent Glen Russell from competing in the sport of sled dog racing.
Mr Russell is part of Sled Dog Racing Queensland, a club that holds training events and races during the cooler months of the year.
The sport of mushing traditionally involves several dogs pulling a rider in a sled or sleigh across snowfields, typically in places such as Alaska or Russia.
The Queensland team makes up for the lack of snow by using bicycles, scooters and customised rigs capable of harnessing the power of four dogs at once.
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Jessie Holmes kicks to the finish line in Kotzebue ahead of his second consecutive win and third overall in the Kobuk 440 sled dog race on Sunday, April 7, 2024. | Article: Alena Naiden, ADN.com - Image: Whitney McLaren, Mushingphotos.com - Kotzebue, Alaska
Jessie Holmes won his third Kobuk 440 Sled Dog Race race on Sunday — his second win in a row traversing Northwest Alaska.
Ten mushers took off from Kotzebue on Thursday and ran through Noorvik, Selawik, Ambler, Shungnak and Kobuk, as well as Kiana on their way back. Holmes crossed the finish line in Kotzebue at 11:24 a.m. Sunday, more than 40 minutes earlier than second-place winner Hunter Keefe and over an hour faster than Eddie Burke Jr. who came in third.
Holmes — who is originally from Alabama, mushes out of Brushkana and is featured on the...
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Washingtonian Lara Kittelson, 22, is the first Washingtonian musher since 2012 to complete the 1,000-mile Iditarod sled dog race. | Article: Benjamin Cassidy, Image: Mark Wojdylak - The Seattle Times - Iditarod
Lara Kittelson didn’t grow up with dogs; in fact, her journey to last month’s Iditarod started with a Disney movie. It was only fitting she’d encounter some unusual drama en route to becoming the first Washingtonian to complete the grueling 1,000-mile sled dog race since 2012.
A dead moose, a broken sled and a stubborn musk ox all presented obstacles as Kittelson trekked from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska. But none of them could stop the 22-year-old from reaching the finish line March 14. The musher completed “The Last Great Race” in just over 11 days, placing 23rd, and was...
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