in Knik, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File) FILE - Mats Pettersson, from Sweden, makes the corner onto Cordova Street during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race ceremonial start in Anchorage ...

The Iditarod, dubbed "The Last Great Race on Earth," is a 1,000-mile race that spans from Anchorage to Nome and can last up to 10 days, with 12 to 16 dogs and a musher sledding across Alaska.

Greg Matyas, owner of Speedway Cycles bicycle shop in Anchorage, Alaska, works on a fat-tired snow bike for the Iditarod Trail Invitational bike race. Knik, Alaska? Adventure racer Michel Villon ...

Libby Riddles of Nelchina, Alaska, was the first woman to win the race, in 1985; Susan Butcher of Knik, Alaska, followed with titles in 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1990. The late Lance Mackey won the ...

Thirty-three mushers plan to start the world's most famous sled dog race, the Iditarod in Alaska ... They now live in Knik, Alaska, and compete under the Seeing Double Sled Dog Racing team.

NOME, Alaska -- Jessie Holmes, a former reality television star on National Geographic’s “Life Below Zero,” won the longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race on Friday in Alaska. Holmes ...