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Yukon Quest sled dog race co-founder LeRoy Shank dies
The 79-year-old had been struggling with Parkinson's disease for years, but lived to see his granddaughter finish the Yukon Quest in February.
Jeff King Takes Cautious Approach To Frigid Yukon Quest
Jeff King won the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race back in 1989. He is also well-known on the Iditarod trail, having won Alaska’s other 1,000 mile sled dog race four times. This year, he returned to the Quest, but decided to scratch from the race after only 300 miles.
Layovers Vital To Yukon Quest Mushers, Dogs
After Yukon Quest mushers arrive in Dawson City, they drive their teams head across the Yukon River to a public campground, where handlers build elaborate camps for the dogs. They’ll get massaged, fed and sleep for the 24 hour layover.
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For Yukon Quest Musher Lance Mackey, ‘Retirement’ Is A 4-Letter Word
Lance Mackey is currently running in 12th place on the Yukon Quest trail. He is the winningest musher in Yukon Quest history. The four-time champion is a cancer survivor and both his public and private life hasn’t always been positive. The lifelong musher knows he can’t run dogs the way he used to, but he may never be ready to hang up the harnesses.
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Brent Sass First Yukon Quest Musher To Reach Dawson
Brent Sass was the first Yukon Quest musher to arrive today in Dawson City, the halfway point on the Yukon Quest trail. The 200-mile stretch of trail to Dawson City is the longest between official race checkpoints.
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Yukon Quest Trail Puts Dog Sled Designs To The Test
On the Yukon Quest Trail, there are a few things mushers have to be especially picky about including a sturdy sled. Jumble ice near McCabe Creek, half way to Pelly Crossing is testing sled engineering this year.
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Yukon Quest Rookies Tout Knowledge, Experience Of Champions
Of the 26 mushers signed up to race dog teams in this year’s Yukon Quest International Sled Dog race, 10 are rookies. They might be new to the race, but a few trained dog teams with a handful of well-known and champion long-distance mushers.
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Climate Change, Weather Variability Challenge Yukon Quest Personnel, Mushers
The Yukon Quest International Sled Dog race starts Saturday. For more than 30 years, the race course has followed an old Gold Rush era trail that took advantage of the frozen Yukon River. But recently, there have been places where the river hasn’t frozen up. That’s starting to raise question about the impacts of climate change on Alaska’s state sport.
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Brent Sass Leads Yukon Quest Mushers Into Circle
Nine teams arrived in Circle in the Yukon Quest early this morning, with Brent Sass in the lead. Followed by Hugh Neff, Sonny Lindner, Abbie West, Lance Mackey, Jake Berkowitz, Allen Moore, Kristy Berington, and David Dalton.