What do reindeer running through the streets, dog sled races, fireworks, and seal-hide blanket tosses have in common? They’re ...

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The Fur Rendezvous has been a staple of Alaska winter life for 90 years. Founded in the mid-1930s, the early festivals coincided with miners and trappers coming to town to sell their wares.

Like any good origin story, exactly how the Fur Rendezvous Festival’s annual Running of the Reindeer event came to be depends ...

Feb. 20—The Fur Rendezvous has been a staple of Alaska winter life for 90 years. Founded in the mid-1930s, the early festivals coincided with miners and trappers coming to town to sell their wares.

And a lack of snowpack forced the Fur Rendezvous' annual three-day, 78-mile Open World Championship Sled Dog Races to be revised to a 9-mile Rondy Invitational. An abnormal winter has produced an ...