Iditarod

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For the first time, 4 women mushers have finished in the Iditarod’s top 10

Paige Drobny’s team arrived here in 5th place early Wednesday morning, followed by Mille Porsild in 7th, Amanda Otto in 8th and Jessie Royer in 10th.
a dog outside in the snow

Timber, who loves to be near his musher

"He always wants to be near me," said Benjamin Good. "When he gets excited, he'll jump up and grab my beard with his front teeth."
a dog next to a box

Delmer, who doesn’t miss a thing

Delmer is six years old and racing in his fourth Iditarod, Pete Kaiser said.
a man with two dogs

Snowmachiner collides with Iditarod dog team

One dog on musher Bailey Vitello's team was struck but not injured, according to Iditarod officials.
a musher gets a kiss from a dog

Dallas Seavey wins record-breaking sixth Iditarod

Musher Dallas Seavey dashed across the finish line in Nome on Tuesday, breaking a tie with five-time champ Rick Swenson.
A woman on a sled in heavy winter clothing with bib number 37 being pulled by dogs down a road as viewed from above.

Iditarod reports third dog death of this year’s race

Henry, a 3-year-old on rookie Calvin Daugherty’s team, collapsed outside of Shaktoolik.
a musher puts booties on a dog

Iditarod set to mint Dallas Seavey as winningest musher of all time

If he wins, Dallas Seavey will have overcome a penalty earlier in the race for not sufficiently gutting a moose he shot after it attacked his team.
huskies next to a dog truck in a snowy street

Titan, of golden lineage

“He’s a sweet boy," Dallas Seavey said of Titan. "There’s a lot of things I love about him."
an aerial view of a musher on snow

Dallas Seavey leads Iditarod, eyeing a record-setting sixth win

Seavey regained the lead after a two-hour penalty earlier in the race.
a blonde and white dog

Rolex, who’s ‘very full of himself’

Rolex is part of “the fashion litter." His siblings are named Prada, Fenty and Chanel. 
a man puts pepperoni on a pizza

This Unalakleet restaurant is delivering hot pizza and warm messages to exhausted Iditarod mushers

Mushers’ family, friends and fans began calling Peace on Earth weeks ago to place pizza orders. Many asked for special messages to be written on the boxes.
a musher removes a dog booty from a paw

Iditarod reports second dog death of this year’s race

George, a 4-year-old on Hunter Keefe’s team, collapsed on the way to Unalakleet, race officials say.
a dog gets a kiss oustide

Skookum, the rowdy one

Lauro Eklund said Skookum means solid or strong, and it's the perfect name for a rowdy dog who's "beating up on his siblings all the time."
A man in an orange puffy jacket pushes a dog sled through the downtown streets of Anchorage.

Iditarod reports first dog death of this year’s race

Bog, a 2-year-old male, was on Isaac Teaford’s team. This is Teaford’s first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race.
a musher putting foot ointment on their dogs outside, the dogs are wearing red coats

Iditarod teams contend with frigid temperatures and sleep deprivation heading to the coast

The mushers are adding clothing to themselves and their dogs to stay warm in subzero windchills.
a black dog in a truck

Mayhem, ‘the sweetest girl on the team’

“She loves to be pet, so every time you’re walking by, she gives you a paw," said Anna Berington.
a musher puts out straw for their dogs

‘Tons can happen’: Iditarod teams mush into race’s second half

“We’re only halfway in the race, and tons can happen,” said musher Pete Kaiser.
a sled dog rests on a mat outside

Schooby, the old man

Nicolas Petit says Schooby “carries the world on his shoulders.”
a musher eats a meal inside

Iditarod musher Petit and his dogs chow down in Ruby after arriving first to the Yukon River town

Both the Big Lake musher and his voracious huskies were eager to eat, having made it to the Yukon River first Thursday night.
a musher talks to another man outside

Iditarod ‘made the right call,’ Seavey says of penalty for insufficient moose-gutting

Musher Dallas Seavey was assessed a two-hour penalty for failing to properly gut a moose he shot earlier in the race after it attacked his team.
a dog licks a musher on his chin

Meg, who loves to kiss

“She cheers up everybody," said said musher Mats Pettersson. "She’s happy and wants to kiss everybody.”
dogs under blankets

Iditarod mushers care for dogs, sleep, eat and repeat during their 24-hour breaks

The 24’s, as they’re called, are mandatory and a welcome reset for the weary teams.
A man looks upset

Iditarod penalizes Dallas Seavey for ‘not sufficiently’ gutting moose he shot in defense of team

A panel of race officials handed down a two-hour penalty for the infraction, which will be added to Seavey’s mandatory 24-hour rest.
a woman gazes at her sled dog

Iditarod back-of-the-pack mushers and their dogs are learning on the fly

Sean Williams is a second-time rookie and says he’s doing less screaming this year, while Deke Naaktgeboren is enjoying watching his dogs start to gel.
a musher poses with a blonde dog outside

Junior, who’s ‘a little energy ball’

Junior is the youngest dog on Two Rivers musher Matt Hall’s team, and Hall says he’s “a little energy ball.”

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