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The Iditarod is back, and longer than ever

This year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race will be the longest, at 1,128 miles , due to a lack of snow that required a new route across Alaska's wilderness.
There are only 33 mushers participating this year, tying with 2023 for the smallest number in the race's history.
The event honors the 1925 Serum Run, which had sled dogs save Nome from a diphtheria outbreak.
Organizers faced challenges including inflation, pressure from animal rights groups, and climate change, raising concerns about the race's viability.

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Hindustan Times

Alaska’s epic sled dog race just got longer, 1,700 km route this year

Iditarod, world’s most famous sled dog race, is over 1,100 miles this year due to a route change caused by low snow, making it the longest in history.

13 days ago·New Delhi, India

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Omaha World-Herald

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The Iditarod is back, and longer than ever

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The world's most famous sled dog race is longer this year than ever before.

13 days ago·Omaha, United States

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The Independent

A lack of snow is irrevocably changing an historic Alaskan sled-dog tradition

The world's most famous sled dog race will have its longest course ever this year

14 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

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The world's most famous sled dog race is longer than ever. Here's a look at Iditarod, by the numbers

The world's most famous sled dog race will have its longest course ever this year. A lack of snow north of the Alaska Range has forced a new route, increasing

14 days ago·United States

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KTOO

Interior Alaska communities now along the Iditarod trail sprint to make way for mushers

Pike’s Waterfront Lodge COO Michelle Davis fluffs a pillow in one of the resort’s “reindeer rooms” on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Shelby Herbert/KUAC) When staff at Pike’s Waterfront Lodge in Fairbanks got the news a few weeks ago that they’d host the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race for the first time since 2017, they immediately jumped into action. “We’re already busy, but we love hosting the Iditarod,” said Michelle Davis, the lodge’s chief operat…

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KNOM Radio Mission

Start order for 2025 Iditarod settled at Musher's Banquet - KNOM Radio Mission

One-by-one, mushers took to the stage Thursday night to draw random numbers from a fur boot. The selection skipped the first bib number in honor of this year's honorary musher, the late Dr. Stuart Nelson. The longtime Iditarod veterinarian died at age 71 in September of 2024. With this year's official restart moved to Fairbanks, eight-time Iditarod finisher Jason Mackey will lead the pack out of his hometown. Familiar names like Matt Hall, Travi…

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