Follow Erin Montgomery, the 2015 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™ as she travels from checkpoint to checkpoint by bush plane. Read her articles and view images from the Iditarod Trail. Erin is an educator from Iowa. Classrooms around the world are following Erin. Lesson plans and journal entries from the trail are important tools that …
Erin Montgomery, Iditarod Teacher on the Trail Arrived in Galena today. (March 12) Check out her latest article found at this link. http://itcteacheronthetrail.com/2015/03/12/gila/
Erin Montgomery, Iditarod Teacher on the Trail left Anchorage again this morning and is headed to Galena. Erin will be checking in again with us once she is situated at a checkpoint.
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Volunteer Meeting and Dog Handler Class Volunteer Meeting Friday, Mar 6th at 6 pm and a Dog Handler class at 10 am Saturday March 7th at Pikes Waterfront Lodge located at 4438 Airport Way, Fairbanks, AK IF you are interested in being a dog handler in Fairbanks AND YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY …
George Attla passed away on Sunday, February 15, 2015, surrounded by his family as he left this world. Attla,age 81, passed away from B-cell lymphoma in the bone marrow. Although we remember him as a legacy in the mushing world, his daughter, Amanda Attla, living in California stated that she will remember him as …
George Attla passed away on Sunday, February 15, at the age of 81, surrounded by his family. Attla passed away from B-cell lymphoma in the bone marrow. Although we remember him as a legacy in the mushing world, his daughter, Amanda Attla, living in California, stated that she will remember him as “being a …
Eagle Island checkpoint host, Ralph C Conatser, age 86, passed away Feb 5, 2015, in Colville, WA. Born in Livingston, TN, Ralph traveled across the country working as a machinist. He moved from Oregon to Sitka, AK in 1965, where he added working as a commercial pilot and started commercial fishing from Sitka to Yakutat. …
Thanks Volunteers! Packaging the straw so it is ready to be transported to the checkpoints is a BIG JOB! We’re grateful for your help! *Photos by Molly Farr
The Board of Directors of the Iditarod Trail Committee held a special meeting early this evening to hear a trail report from a four person committee which spent the day with race staff flying over various portions of the trail. After discussion, it was determined that conditions were worse in the critical areas than in …
