Aliy Zirkle has finished either the Iditarod or Yukon Quest every year since 1998. She won the Yukon Quest in 2000. At the Iditarod, she finished second three times in a row.
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Iditarod cancels 2021 ceremonial start in Anchorage
The sled dog race has called off this year’s 11-mile dash through Anchorage because of coronavirus concerns.
Nome Native Youth Olympics team holds virtual event to promote traditional games
Last week, the Nome Native Youth Olympics team hosted a virtual event to garner more interest region-wide in traditional games and inspire kids to start practicing traditional games on their own.
LISTEN: Giant Alaskan legend from early UFC dies of COVID-19
Paul Varelans was a 6-foot-8, 300-pound giant from Fairbanks and a pioneer in the now wildly popular UFC. He died at the age of 51 battling COVID-19 in an Atlanta hospital.
Fairbanks woman remembered for moving hundreds of dogs from shelter to sleds
Kleckner and other local mushers started the Second Chance League, a nonprofit focused on finding homes for sled dogs turned in at the shelter.
Iditarod mushers train for a radically different route
The race will use abandoned mining towns and other unpopulated areas as checkpoints this year.