Dennis Travis could spend his winter nights riding a stationary bike in his garage or at a local fitness center. He'd stay fit and ready for the summer racing season, and he probably wouldn't suffer as many scrapes and bruises as he does out on the trail. But if he stayed indoors, he'd miss out on a "whole new world" of trails that appears when the snow and ice cover Juneau's footpaths.

...is looking to the sport's old ways for an advantage this year. As today's high-profile mushers ready their high-tech gear and bred-for-speed dogs for another go at the 1,100-mile trail between Anchorage and Nome, Jeff King is putting...

...University; and the University of Alaska Fairbanks, which runs the Poker Flat Research Range, also worked on it. Army high-tech gear could be on way out FORT LEWIS, Wash. - A high-tech fighting system will be used by soldiers from Fort Lewis who...

...is looking to the sport's old ways for an advantage this year. As today's high-profile mushers ready their high-tech gear and bred-for-speed dogs for another go at the 1,100-mile trail between Anchorage and Nome, Jeff King is putting...