When Alaska visitors think of mushing and sled dogs, they typically think about the cold and snow of winter. Indeed, mushing is by design a winter mode of transportation around Alaska’s roadless, remote areas. But as more modern forms of [...]
Sled dogs and mushers are nothing without their sleds. Dog sleds are engineering marvels, designed over centuries to accomplish a variety of tasks, from hauling freight to gliding a musher toward a successful race finish. They are the fine point [...]
Robin did it again. He made it through another winter. He still honors his hardy arctic breed by crossing the cold floor barefoot every morning from bed to food dish. He loves collecting pats on the head and ear scratches [...]
After a harrowing crossing of Norton Sound in this year’s Iditarod Race, I had been apprehensive of the next run from Koyuk to Elim, but it proved uneventful. My team and I arrived at the village of Elim in fine [...]
Pilot was my up-and-coming star in 2016 and my standout lead dog from 2017, doing more than his share in our record-setting Iditarod effort that year. He helped me train a fast team for 2018 but went home from the [...]
March 24, 2019 -- This morning the temperature was balmy and the breeze light. Bird songs, absent for months, could be heard once again. Snow is melting, and spring is definitely on its way. One can even smell the resins [...]
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking after the Iditarod Race, as usual. Every year I spend several months thinking about what happened this year and several more months getting ready for the next one. I’ve run 26 Iditarod races, [...]
Some northern folks are, like schizophrenic. They endure a miserable summer up here but come fall they’re as gone as the reindeer sausage vendor on a cruise ship dock. Gone, for someplace like Arizona or Florida or Belize. Snowbirds, some [...]
Today marks the 55th Anniversary of the Great Alaska Earthquake. Here's the Seavey Family story as told by Dan. Thanks Toni Reitter for the idea! We had been in Seward seven months when on Good Friday, March 27, 1964 at 5:36 [...]
Located just a few miles outside the town of Seward, Exit Glacier is part of Kenai Fjords National Park, and is the only section of the park accessible by road. The glacier is an arm of the vast Harding Icefield, [...]
