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“In the brutal Iditarod, Jody had barely stopped in McGrath before doing something that’s now leaving people emotional.” For more than two hours at the mandatory 24 hour rest stop, she barely paused for herself, focusing instead on each dog, massaging them and tucking the whole team in against the cold. In one of the world’s toughest sled dog races, that quiet moment is what’s making people stop and look twice. But the detail drawing the most attention is how quietly Jody did it all — so quietly that people only seemed to notice once every dog was already resting under blankets.

IDITAROD 2026: A musher on a mission Jody Potts-Joseph wants to encourage young Alaska Natives to travel the way of the ancestors   Indigenous musher Jody Potts-Joseph and her dog team placed second in...