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GRAND PORTAGE, Minn. – The 36th Annual John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has a winner. Alaska native and 2018 Beargrease Marathon winner Ryan Redington crossed the finish line at 4:35 p.m. Tuesday to become the 2020 Beargrease Marathon champion. Keith Aili came in second place at 4:50 p.m. This year 14 teams kicked off the race on Sunday morning at Billy’s Bar in Duluth. They will be crossing the finish line at the Grand Portage Lodge and Casino. You can follow the rest of the race by visiting the Beargrease marathon tracking page on their website.

Newsnight's Jackie Long meets former Alaskan governor and potential 2012 presidential contender Sarah Palin at the Iron Dog, a gruelling 1,971 mile (3,172 km) off-road snowmobile race across Alaska in temperatures as low as minus 50 Celsius. This the longest snowmobile race in the world has been won four times by Palin's husband, Todd. Watch Jackie Long's interview with Sarah Palin in full on Newsnight on Monday 7 March 2011 at 10.30pm on BBC Two, then afterwards on BBC iPlayer and Newsnight website.

It’s the end of the trail for four-time Yukon Quest champion Hans Gatt. Gatt scratched in Central after he suffered second-degree frostbite on both hands after falling into overflow two miles before Birch Creek.

Adventure in Sun Valley By Dave Barry (This classic Dave Barry column was originally published on Feb. 11, 1996.) ------ This is the second part of a two-part series titled ''Recreational Winter Sports That You Can Do Sitting Down.'' In Part 1, I discussed snowmobiling, my key finding being that you should not go snowmobiling with adolescent boys unless your recreational goal is cardiac arrest. Today, I'll discuss a sport that is more relaxing, as well as far more fragrant: dog-sledding. A dog sled is-follow me carefully here-a sled that is pulled by dogs. And if you think that dogs...

Iditarod victory may be Sørlie's lastRobert Sørlie is a national hero after winning the famed Iditarod sled dog race in Alaska, but the victory may be his last.Next year he plans to back his nephew Bjørnar Andersen, who made an impressive debut this time around.Sørlie, who won after nine days, 18 hours and 39 minutes racing through the desolate Alaskan landscape, said he absolutely won't be a musher himself next year. "Team Norway" will instead concentrate on promoting Andersen, while Kjetil Backen, part of the team's support staff, will also participate in the race.Sørlie isn't sure whether he'll be a...

RIGHTS TO NOME FLASH PRESS RELEASE - NOVEMBER 5, 2003 www.RightsToNome.com "Rights To Nome" Iditarod Race 1747 Crosson Ave Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 (907) 455-7850 Rights To Nome project enlists "Caravan Connection" for transport, search, rescue, and retrieval. Volume 1, Issue 2 FAIRBANKS, AK: While competing for the Iditarod sled dog race title, musher Mike Lawless will be carrying copies of your Bill of Rights in his dog sled. Mike's "Rights to Nome" quest appeals to all Americans to re-educate themselves about your Bill of Rights, and consider joining him in symbolically "ratifying" this foundational document for our generation, assuring its...

BERLIN — A Maine man training his sled dog team for a long distance race in northern Maine was seriously injured Saturday night when a snowmobile slammed into him on a trail outside of Berlin and continued on without stopping. Investigators have few leads in the case, which left Stephen Hessert, 51, of Cumberland, Maine, in stable condition with serious leg injuries. He was airlifted from Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin to the Maine Medical Center Saturday night. “We had two officers working though the night, following and exhausting leads,” said Capt. Tim Acerno. “We’ve got nothing.” Anyone with information...