Musher Jessie Holmes of Brushkana, Alaska, waves to the crowd during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race’s ceremonial start in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on March 4, 2023.

A trio of brothers from Marblehead this week took home top honors following a boat race that brought contestants on a more-than-700-mile journey across the Pacific Ocean.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – The famed Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across Alaska will not run to Nome in 2021, a drastic change called necessary to protect the mushers from the COVID-19 ...

Billions of snow crabs have disappeared from the ocean around Alaska in recent years, and scientists now say they know why: Warmer ocean temperatures likely caused them to starve to death.

Jeanne Goussev was feeling frustrated with the masculinity in sailing when another woman asked if she'd compete in a 750-mile race with an all-women crew.

PORT TOWNSEND — When movie director Zach Carver set out to boil down a 750-mile race across the ocean, he became like the people in his film: He had to call on all of his resources. “Finding a ...

How Alaska's Unpredictable Weather Changed The Game On 'Race To Survive: Alaska' The landscape also made the different race courses more mercurial, depending on weather and ground conditions.

Alaska Thunderfuck, the runner-up of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 5 and winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 2, has been announced as a cast member in The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time.

SEWARD, Alaska -- The Army Special Operations Recruiting Battalion Team finished strong in the 378-mile Expedition Alaska Adventure Race, July 5.

What is billed as the first race of its kind -- a human-powered dash to Alaska -- set off Thursday morning from Port Townsend, Washington, heading north to Ketchikan.

Update: a third dog has died in the race. Two dogs died during the famed Iditarod sled dog race in Alaska on Sunday, causing critics to call for the event to be shut down. Bog − a 2-year-old ...