he appreciates a full night of sleep. “The weather was really nice,” he said, with temperatures at night of -20 to -30 ...

A Farmington Hills native finished the highest of any rookie in the Iditarod, a world-famous sled dog race through the ...

Many age out of pulling sleds, but some aren’t as suited to it or become unable to race due to health conditions.

Mushers don’t get much sleep but they travel through stunning ... later got a job as a dog handler for a company that runs sled dog tours in Alaska. She later worked for Seavey and that ...

Midland native Keaton Loebrich's main goal in his first Iditarod was to finish the race. Mission accomplished, and then some.

Sled dogs were once relied on for everything ... musher pack the following on their sled at all times: one cold weather sleeping bag; one axe; one pair of snowshoes; eight booties along with ...

He spoke to the owner of a sled dog company and learned that sled dogs are ... they would stop at the aid station after each 25-mile lap and allow the dog increasing periods of sleep. When they ...

His sled ran over bare ground down Front ... Going from the experience of being largely alone with his dogs for days in the wilderness, sleeping with them on the ground, eating alongside them ...

Few have endured what Ejnar Mikkelsen and Iver Iversen did. Abandoned by their ship, these two Danes spent two winters in a ...