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By Terrie Hanke in Nome Jamie Kinzer was the first musher to arrive at the burled arch on St. Patrick’s Day. Kinzer, a rookie, has endured a lot of tough weather to earn the coveted belt buckle. It was Murphy’s Law #35 – on the ninety mile run from Kaltag to Unalakleet, the temperature dropped …
By Terrie Hanke in Safety/Nome The trail from Safety to Nome was busy on Friday afternoon. Seven mushers covered the twenty-two mile distance going to Nome. A few race volunteers did a round trip by snow-cat stopping to cheer for the mushers they met on the trail. Mushing mortician, Scott Janssen claimed 39th place shortly …
by Terrie Hanke in Nome Mushers, Trent Herbst and Matt Giblin, made it another two for one deal at the finish line in Nome on Friday morning. Herbst and Giblin left Safety at 0817 and 0815 respectively. Herbst passed Giblin somewhere during the twenty-two mile run to claim 37th place in Iditarod XL. Herbst …
By Terrie Hanke in Nome Since the 33rd musher to finish, Jim Lanier, wearing bib #3 crossed under the arch at 17:58 on Thursday, there’s been a lull. Rookie Mike Santos left White Mountain at 12:18 and could arrive before midnight tonight to make the 17th musher of the day.The fire siren sounds and Iditarod …
by Terrie Hanke in Unalakleet The Iditarod world spins 24-hours a day. Mushers come into the checkpoint, mushers leave the checkpoint, vets check dogs, dogs eat, dog feet and muscles are massaged by caring mushers, dogs sleep, mushers sleep and a myriad of other mushing related tasks. But there’s a whole lot more happening in …
Nome, Alaska – Wednesday, March 14, 2012 – Veteran Iditarod musher Michael Suprenant (Bib# 13) of Chugiak, Alaska scratched in Unalakleet at 08:20 Alaska Time. Suprenant made the decision to scratch for the best interest of his team. He had 9 dogs on his team when he made the decision.
Nome, Alaska – Tuesday, March 13, 2012 – Veteran Iditarod musher Kirk Barnum (Bib# 47) of Grangeville, Idaho scratched in Kaltag at 14:30 Alaska Time. Barnum made the decision to scratch because his team wasn’t enjoying the trip and therefore decided to end his race in the best interest of his team. He had 10 …
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Nome, Alaska – Tuesday, March 13, 2012 – IDITAROD XL Musher Dallas Seavey (Bib # 34) arrived in Nome, Alaska and crossed under the burled arch at 19:29 Alaska Time with 9 dogs on his team claiming his first Iditarod Championship. Thousands of fans lined the street to greet the youngest person to have ever …
by Terrie Hanke in Unalakleet While all eyes are on the burled arch in Nome, there are plenty of other mushers remaining on the trail. Throngs of folks are lining Front Street as they anticipate the winner of the 40th Last Great Race to climb the bank from the sea ice onto the trail of …
