Are you watching the countdown timer? In 14 days, Iditarod 2019 will start. Today was another preparation day at Airland Transport, Anchorage. More volunteers, some repeat from the past few days, gathered to sort and pack up the food and supplies being sent out for volunteers at each checkpoint along the trail. Some folks have …
Are you watching the countdown timer? Only 16 days left before the start of Iditarod 2019; it’s crunch time. There are 52 mushers who will drop off their checkpoint drop bags today or tomorrow. The field of mushers is divided and mushers are requested to come on one of the days. They are coming in …
Arctic Fire and Security is an Anchorage based company with almost 2 decades of experience equipping hospitals, schools, city buildings, and more with security and alarm systems. The Iditarod Trail Committee began securing the services of these ingenious technicians to provide monitoring equipment for the Iditarod canine athletes in dog lots along the race route. …
Volunteer dog handling is a popular choice for Iditarod volunteers, especially those who may only get to experience the ceremonial start in downtown Anchorage. But it is one of the tougher positions for sure. If you’ve never been near a dog team just about to start a race, you are missing one of the most …
Watching the countdown timer? 21 days from now Iditarod 2019 officially begins. Since the end of last year’s race, preparations for 2019 have begun. Yesterday, February 7, was straw drop day. At Air Land Transportation, Anchorage, AK, roughly 50 very busy volunteers gathered to wrestle roughly 1,500 bales of straw (one bale of straw per …
Vibrant, Organized, Loyal, Unswerving, Necessary, Tenacious, Energetic, Eager, Remarkable! That is how we would describe our amazing volunteers! The Iditarod, a world-class premier dog sled race, is led and guided by a highly qualified board and top-notch, experienced and capable staff. But it is no secret that the race and preparations leading up to and …
You can see the countdown timer on Iditarod.com as you anxiously await this year’s race. Do you wonder what everyone else is doing while they wait? As soon as one race ends, plans and preparations for the next year’s race begins. Volunteers are being recruited, teachers are being trained on using the Iditarod as a …
This past weekend, the 2019 Iditarod rookie musher meeting took place. When I looked up the word “rookie”, the definition given was “someone in his/her first full season of a sport”. Not so with Iditarod. These mushers are running in their first Iditarod, yes, but they are far from being in their first full season …
Here are a few quick start math problems using the finishing date for Iditarod XLVI: How many mushers finished with half or more of their team? Calculate the average (mean, median, mode) number of dogs on the finishing teams for Iditarod XLVI. Make a plot diagram of the numbers of dogs that each finishing team …
My school started spring break as of the end of the school day today. My students were so eager to watch the winning musher together as a class, so I took the opportunity to do some math with them to show ABOUT when the leading musher will cross the finish line. Please know that I …
