The All Alaska Sweepstakes has been dubbed the “birthplace of competitive Long distance dog mushing”.  It all started back in 1908 when the newly formed Nome Kennel Club decided to hold the longest race they had ever attempted, most previous races were 3 or 4 mile sprints.  At that time in Nome, during the middle of [...]

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As Lance Mackey and Jeff King approached (and reached) the native village of Koyuk this morning he was able to hold his lead. According to GPS tracking on the Iditarod website, its been a close race since leaving Shaktoolik about half an hour apart, at times King was about a mile behind Mackey, and at [...]

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