Introduction
'The buzz is in surviving'
Masochistic athletes from around the nation head to Alaska to test their limits in America's frozen-solid northern frontier.

View from the trail
The Big Chill
One painful step at a time, competitor Michael Bane made his way along the 85 frozen miles of the Iditasport trail. Here is an account of his ordeal.

February 17
Race through the frozen night
Mark Kelsey reports from Swenkna, Alaska, on this year's Iditasport, where pain-seeking athletes can plan on little other than the mind-numbing cold and endless miles of indifferent wilderness.