Since 1973, the world+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s top mushers have gathered in Alaska to tackle the Iditarod+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s 1,150-mile trail, which stretches from Anchorage to Nome, across mountain ranges, frozen rivers, dense forests, desolate tundra and windswept coastline. The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, known as the … [Read more...]
Women and the Iditarod
In 1985, Libby Riddles became the first woman to win the Iditarod Sled Dog Race. A year later, Susan Butcher won the race and became the second four-time winner in 1990 and the first woman to ever place in the top 10. Soon after, the motto going around Alaska was: +ACI-Alaska - where men are men and … [Read more...]
Mush: Following the 2009 Iditarod
Competitive mushing in Connecticut
The International Sled Dog Racing Association, based in Minnesota, estimates there are 3,000 dog drivers in North America. About 40 percent of mushers in the United States live in Alaska. Then there is Kathy Lesinski, a physical education teacher in Connecticut who is beginning … [Read more...]