Prior to the 1978 race, three young ladies were in training for the Iditarod. Susan Butcher, Varona Thompson, and Shelley Gill Vandiver. To get in
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Jeff Schultz has been photographing in Alaska since arriving in 1978 and the Iditarod since 1981. A native of the Bay Area of California, Jeff
The honorary musher for the 1988 Iditarod was “Muktuk” Marston. Elsie Marston, his wife, led the pre race festivities and cut the ribbon at the
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