After training in deep snow and bitter cold, ex-reality show star seeks to win the Iditarod again

Riches and paid appearances haven’t followed Jessie Holmes since he won the world’s most famous sled dog race, the Iditarod, last year. A carpenter and a former cast member of National Geographic's reality show “Life Below Zero,” Holmes has instead been content to return to his austere, hand-built homestead in the wilderness near the continent's tallest mountain. “There’s a lot of things that can happen in your life once you win the Iditarod,” Holmes told The Associated Press in an intervie...

By MARK THIESSEN