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Iditarod Food Drops - 6 Things You may not have Known!

Iditarod Food Drops - 6 Things You may not have Known!

Each year before the racers hit the trail toward Nome, Alaska, each musher ships out close to 2,000 pounds of food and supplies across the 22 Idita...

5 Photos That Best Capture Alaska’s Extreme Winter Weather

“The Land of Extremes” gets its wildest in the winter. Extreme temperatures in Fairbanks, Alaska - Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia To say that A...

2018 Iron Dog - Day 7 Update

After 2,031 miles of pushing the throttle as hard as they could, Mike Morgan and Chris Olds were first to cross the finish line, breathing a sigh o...

2018 Iron Dog - Day 6 Update

**Join our mailing list at the button above to get the latest updates!** A day of wrenching came and passed in Nome as riders turned into mechanic...

2018 Iron Dog - Day 4 Coverage

**Want updates as soon as they're live? Click the 'Join Our Newsletter' button above and never be left in the dust!** With racers sitting out wha...

2018 Iron Dog - Day 3 Coverage

Undoubtedly, year after year, an Iron Dog participant pits itself against each and every racer, making life difficult for even the most seasoned ve...

2018 Iron Dog - Day 2 Coverage

Team 10 of Chris Olds and Mike Morgan were first to lead one of the largest, if not a record setting, number of teams to make it to McGrath after t...

2018 Iron Dog - Day 1 Coverage

Airplanes buzzing overhead, bass lines thumping over a loud speaker, and the familiar 'raaap' and scent of two-stroke engines being warmed and read...

The Way It Was - Coming to Alaska in the 1950's

The following is an excerpt From the book, The Way It Was, By Malachy Donoghue. This excerpt details the way Malachy arrived in Alaska and the whi...

Perfect 10: Team USA roster packed with Alaskans

When U.S. Ski & Snowboard recently announced its 20-person cross-country ski team to represent and race for America in the Olympic Winter Games...

Heroes of the Last Frontier - Winners of the LifeMed #AKHero Contest!

Heroes of the Last Frontier! Engineer/Paramedic Matt Deatherage and Volunteer Firefighter/ETT Devren Bennett, winners of LifeMed Alaska’s Heroes of...

Peter Casey - When an Alaska Flight Paramedic Gets Injured

Peter Casey – When an Alaska Flight Paramedic Gets Injured LifeMed Alaska Flight Paramedic and Anchorage Base Chief, Peter Casey with wife, Stacey...

Fulfilling a Dream: Wiluk River Dolly Varden

Fulfilling a Dream: Wiluk River Dolly Varden The flight out of Kotzebue aboard two small bush planes packed with our self-bailing raft, fishing ge...