Local sled dog racers are gearing up to bring their dogs back onto the snowy tails, after the 2024 season that confined them to the dry land circuit. Mushers say the sport is growing statewide.
This recently happened with a trio of 7-week-old Siberian Husky “wolves” named Fenrir, Sköll, and Hati when their first foray ...
Nome, Alaska, remembers its saviors — the sled dogs and mushers who raced for more than five days through hypothermia, frostbite, gale-force winds and blinding whiteouts to deliver life-saving serum.
a husky mix named Balto, is stuffed and displayed at a museum. Jonathan Hayes, a Maine resident who has been working to preserve the genetic line of sled dogs driven on the run by famed musher ...
FILE – Gunnar Kaasen poses with his original dog ... famous participant, a husky mix named Balto, is stuffed and displayed at a museum. Jonathan Hayes, a Maine resident who has been working to ...
FILE – Gunnar Kaasen poses with his original ... husky mix named Balto, is stuffed and displayed at a museum. Jonathan Hayes, a Maine resident who has been working to preserve the genetic line ...
In the left photo, Gunnar Kaasan poses with his original sled dog team, including lead dog Balto, top row, second left, in 1925. In the right photo, Kaasen and Balto pose for their own portrait in ...
Mike Bestgen, a 66-year-old resident of St. Cloud, Minnesota, has been a competitive sled dog racer for over 25 years ... Training season for the Alaskan Huskies begins around September when the ...