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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Nordman, Race Director/Race Marshal Voice: 907-360-1814 mark.nordman@iditarod.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2012 IDITAROD MUSHER MATT GIBLIN DISQUALIFIED MUSHER FOUND TO HAVE VIOLATED RULE 30: USE OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL Wasilla, Alaska – July 5, 2012 – Veteran musher, Matt Giblin has been disqualified from the 2012 Iditarod Trail …
Wasilla, Alaska – Saturday, June 30, 2012 – The 2013 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race sign-ups began at 9:00 AM AK Time at the Iditarod Trail Committee Headquarters in Wasilla. By the end of the first draw deadline at 3:00 PM, 54 mushers had signed up, which included 9 rookies. Current Iditarod Champion Dallas Seavey, …
Check out the Iditarod 40 Post Race e-Runner online! It is 17 pages full of great stories, photos and more. Relive your favorite moments and learn some new tidbits from the trail. Iditarod 40 Post Race e-Runner
Linda Fenton, Waupaca, Wisconsin, has been selected as the 2013 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™. Linda is the 15th Teacher on the Trail™ to join this program that began in 1999. Currently teaching 3rd grade at the Waupaca Learning Center, Linda has been using the Iditarod in the classroom as a teaching tool for the …
And the winner is (drum roll, please): Drawing takes place starting with prize #20 and working toward #1 20. 2012 Dodge Ram 4×4 Pickup Truck ($39,000 – Anchorage Chrysler Dodge Jeep) – #1448 – Scott Janssen, Anchorage, AK 19. Stihl Chain Saw & Accessories ($500 – Jackovich Industrial Supply) – #0688 – Loren Smith, North …
By Terrie Hanke Along the Trail All Eyes With snow falling, thousands of spectators gathered in Anchorage on the first Saturday of March for the Ceremonial Start of Iditarod XL. A block or so from the start at 4th & D where the summer market is held, carnival rides were taking a break from the …
Nome, Alaska – Monday, March 19, 2012 – The 2012 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race officially ended at 02:57 Alaska Time when Rookie Musher Jan Steves (Bib #40) from Edmonds, WA made her way under the Burled Arch on Front Street in Nome, Alaska with 9 dogs on her team. The 55 year old musher …
Pen Air Spirit of Alaska Award – Aliy Zirkle GCI Dorothy G. Page Halfway Award – Jim Lanier Wells Fargo Bank Alaska Gold Coast Award – Aliy Zirkle Nome Kennel Club Fastest Time from Safety to Nome Award – Mike Williams, Jr. Horizon Lines Most Improved Musher Award – Rohn Buser …
by Terrie Hanke in Nome Seavey clan elder, Dan, made the Burled Arch on Nome’s Front Street in below zero weather with the sun shining brightly over his shoulder on Sunday morning March 18th. He left the start with a schedule and if he followed it, there was little doubt about making the banquet in …
by Terrie Hanke in Nome Siberian Huskies driven by Hank DeBruin and Karen Ramstead rounded out the four teams that finished the race on St. Patrick’s Day. Temperatures in Nome were in the single digits above zero, the winds were light and only a few scattered clouds floated across the intensely blue sky. What …
