One night, my sled dogs and I were gliding through a birch forest in Wisconsin when a black wolf emerged from the trees and ran beside us.

RUBY — Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race mushers were cruising steadily down the Yukon River on Friday and Saturday. Soon, front ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 2 (Reuters) - The world's most famous sled-dog race got under way on Saturday when 38 mushers and their canine teams, one of the smallest rosters of competitors ever, lined up ...

The Rookie of the Year award goes to the fastest first-timer to complete the 1,000-mile race to Nome. This year it's Jesse Terry, one of three Indigenous rookies in this year’s race. He is Anishinaabe ...

C is just part of what makes the Yukon Quest the most gruelling race on Earth. The landscape glows orange and blue in the morning light, every exhaled breath a smoke signal lifting into the sky.

From Anchorage parks to the birch woods of Willow, Iditarod spectators gather along the route with grills and thermoses to celebrate the 1,000-mile race.