Swayman, proud son of a podiatrist and of Anchorage, can also boast that in years past he volunteered at the start line.

Bundled-up well wishers lined a street along the Bering Sea coastline in the early morning darkness Friday, cheering musher ...

A late January blizzard had dumped up to 4 feet of snow in some parts of the Northeast. In Alaska, a diphtheria outbreak threatened the remote town of Nome. The ...

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 ...

Matthew Failor mushed his dog team across Alaska in the Iditarod to find out the gender of his next child Saturday night in ...

A total of 10 teams have reached Nome, with Jessie Holmes, Matt Hall, and Paige Drobny leading the way, all passing through ...

Balto, the Alaskan Husky who would become famous for running the final leg of the 1925 serum run to Nome in 1925, would be ...

Powell thinks about one of the worst storms in living memory, the Tri-State Tornado, that killed 751 people in 1925.

Life Below Zero star Jessie Holmes wins his first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, completing the difficult 1,128-mile course ...

Stirred by the recent race of huskies carrying serum across Alaska to Nome, Northland old-timers recall when dog teams were ...

Jessie Holmes, a former reality television star, won the longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Friday, celebrating ...