Libby Riddles made her own luck. On a Sunday night in 1985, she mushed 13 dogs out of Shaktoolik and into the teeth of a blizzard that pinned every other racer to the town. The daring move gave ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Wooden dog sled made by the North ...

Even today, the T-shirt slogan faintly echos: "Where men are men and women win the Iditarod." After Libby Riddles won the 1985 Iditarod and the late Susan Butcher followed up by dominating with four ...

Libby Riddles became the first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Dogsled Race in Alaska. Riddles raced with a 13-dog team through blizzards; it took 18 days, 20 minutes, and 17 seconds, to win $50,000.

Storm Run: The Story of the First Woman to Win the Iditarod Sled Dog Race by Libby Riddles, illus. by Shannon Cartwright, recounts the 1,100-mile adventure, updating details in this new edition. An ...

We look back at the history and the outlook for the future of the Iditarod trail race. The five-decade history of the Iditarod is a story filled with adventure, skill, triumph and lots of change, and ...

Libby Riddles' world is changing, but she's OK with that. Unusual weather is a continual curveball mushers like her have to deal with. Giant cruise ships are changing the same ways of life in her ...

On Wednesday, March 20, 1985, at 9 a.m., Libby Riddles became the first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, the dog-pulling sled race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska. Riddles checked into ...