White Mountain, 2011, and John Baker arrived first. By happenstance, I was there and witnessed it, and the moving pride the Alaska Natives expressed. Earlier that day, I was in Koyuk, my favorite checkpoint of the race I experienced. There, I worked as a volunteer stacking boxes of HEET …
Jodi Bailey wrote a post in her kennel’s blog about the numbers in her drop bags for Iditarod. Drop bags are what mushers pack in advance of the race and send out to the race checkpoints so they have a supply of gear, dog food, and people food during the race. This post on Dew …
Registration for an educators workshop is now open, for an event in October. Find out more here… Or, find out more about events scheduled elsewhere in the Lower 48, here.
The Winter Walk by Loretta Outwater Cox, published 2013, nonfiction, secondary students and older, winner of the Alaska Indigenous Literature Award This is the true story, more than a century old, of Cox’s great-grandmother’s walk to survival with her two young children. Cox’s great-grandmother was Inupiaq, and the older of the two children was Cox’s …
by Martha Dobson Most sporting events have a stationary arena or track, where fans sit to watch the game, the race, the contest. They drive there, park, walk to the event’s arena or stadium. They take the train or light rail, charter a bus, traveling to the event. But for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog …
Make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch in Unalakleet. http://iditarod.com/teacher/make-a-peanut-butter-and-jelly-sandwich-in-unalakleet/
by Martha Dobson A well-oiled machine. Smooth as silk. The Yentna checkpoint race routine is a machine that’s smooth as silk. Years of running the checkpoint creates experience which pays off in getting the tightly bunched mushers checked in and out of the checkpoint, a place where teams usually go through without staying. Dan and …
Three teachers from Colorado, Illinois, and Massachusetts are finalists for the 2017 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™ position. Having been chosen based on their submitted applications, these teachers are now in Anchorage for interviews, projects, and experiences in their quest to become named to this position for the 2017 Iditarod. Read all about these talented …
by Martha Dobson, Iditarod Educational Consultant Three teachers from Colorado, Massachusetts, and Illinois competed for the 2017 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™ position, Annie Kelly of Illinois, Don Thomas of Massachusetts, and Dana Tuyls of Colorado. Annie Kelley and Iditarod connected during her student teaching experience in Ohio. In her classroom the next year, searching …
