In 1966, Helen Hegener's parents took her down to Fourth Avenue to watch Joe Redington Jr. win the World Championship Sled Dog Race, and she's been following sled dog races ever since, including sitting in on some of the organizational meetings for the first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1973. In 2008 she and her husband, Mark, produced a video about repeat Iditarod and Yukon Quest champion Lance Mackey and were part of the media team covering the centennial running of the All Alaska Sweepstakes in Nome. In November 2009, Helen and mushing legend Tim White cosponsored the first Mushing History Conference in Anchorage. Helen and Mark make their home near Big Lake, but from mid-December through March they're usually somewhere out on a trail, following sled dog teams.
Summer reading for mushing fans
What could be better than stretching out in the hammock on a warm summer day with a good book about fast dogs and freezing temperatures?
2010 WDMA Canine Athletes Symposium & Mushing History Conference
The 2010 Willow Dog Mushers Association's third annual Canine Athletes Symposium will be held in Willow, Alaska on Sept. 25 and 26, in conjunction with the second annual Mushing History Conference, presented by Northern Light Media.
Searching for canine donors
A team of Texas researchers has been making the rounds of sled dog kennels in Southcentral Alaska this week, working on establishing a canine blood donor program in the state.
'Be the Lead Dog'
Two women with a passion for mushing share stories, provide explanations, and detail the seven key lessons -- taught by their sled dogs -- that can be applied to the reader's own life.
'Yukon Quest' by Lew Freedman
Freedman, former sports editor for the Anchorage Daily News, has turned his attention to Alaska's other epic sled dog race, the 1,000-mile Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race.
2010 Mushing History Conference
The 2010 Mushing History Conference will be held in Willow, Alaska, on Sept. 25 and 26, in conjunction with the 2010 Willow Dog Mushers Association's Third Annual Symposium.
Mary Joyce: 1,000 miles by dog team
Mary Joyce was an Alaskan adventurer of the highest caliber who once mushed 1,000 miles from Juneau to Fairbanks.
Jujiro Wada: Co-founder of Fairbanks and Iditarod trailblazer
There are many strange and unusual stories in the annals of northern sled dog travel, but one of the most fascinating concerns an enigmatic Japanese explorer and adventurer named Jujiro Wada.
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