Alaska’s grueling Iron Dog snowmachine race is set to begin this Saturday in Big Lake. Executive Director Mike Vasser has been involved with the event for more than 20 years and has watched it evolve.

Only hours after former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin declared Alaska Iron Dog racers "the toughest men on the planet,'' the tough men decided there are times brains should trump brawn. With a vicious ...

GRAND LAKE — They were throttling over dirt, stumps and rocks for miles, occasionally gunning their machines over smooth-as-glass lakes, frozen with perfectly clear ice. It was the second day of ...

Nine hours after the 2,000-mile Iron Dog snowmachine race began at Big Lake, Alaska, on Sunday, the pretenders in the world's longest, toughest snowmobile race were spread out along a couple hundred ...

The Iron Dog, the longest snow machine race in the world, has started in Alaska. Thousands of snow machine enthusiasts gathered at Big Lake, southern Alaska, to see off the 38 four-man teams taking ...

An ice fishermen has inadvertently sabotaged the Big Lake start of the Iron Dog — the world’s longest and toughest snowmachine race, but usually not its wettest. The 2,000-mile race over the Alaska ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ANCHORAGE, Alaska — As a kid growing up in Fairbanks, Alaska, Issa Otten learned early how to live with extreme cold: Dress warmly and don’t stay outside ...

Magnometry and geochemistry sampling exploration program to cover approximately 71 line kilometers over 49 contiguous claims covering 1,012 acres that comprise the Port Snettisham property, located ...