Writer Lale Arikoglu follows the historic 1,000 mile sled dog race to find out why it still captures so many imaginations.

(AP Photo/Bruna Prado) A dog wears a carnival costume at the "Blocao ... Many of Rio’s street parties feature musicians playing large, heavy instruments. And for those who perform at multiple ...

Life Below Zero star Jessie Holmes wins his first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, completing the difficult 1,128-mile course ...

Jessie Holmes, a former reality television star, won the longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Friday. Holmes was ...

Jessie Holmes, a former reality television star on “Life Below Zero,” won the longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Friday morning, crossing under the burled arch in Nome, Alaska, around ...

Veteran Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race musher Jessie Holmes is maintaining a slight but consistent lead over his two closest competitors as the three-team group pushes up the Bering Sea coast on their ...

2007 — Lance Mackey wins the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, becoming the first musher to win major ... which included a record 11 teams from the Big East, the deepest conference in the nation. The ...

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Open water on normally frozen lakes and rivers, ice shifts under the dogs' paws, it all trouble long-distance dog-sledding. This year, though, looks promising for Finnmarksløpet. The race starts at ...

Although Nenana musher Jessie Holmes has held a lead for the past few days, he is likely to be passed while he takes a mandatory 8-hour rest.

I don't get a big audience a lot of the time… I just do it because of ... It all looks a bit like the dog sled races of the Iditarod. Except here, the dogs are usually strapped to the side of his ...