Lift, weight, thrust and drag are the four physical forces that make flight possible. Which of these physical forces can be applied to a dog sled as it glides along the trail? Teacher on the Trail™, Linda Fenton, posed that exact question to her third grade students while learning about and experimenting with the 4 …
Half hour before the sun rose, forty teachers attending the 2013 Iditarod Winter Educator’s Conference climbed onto a bus with all of the excitement of fourth graders. Iditarod field trip day is a not to be missed experience. After heading from Anchorage to Wasilla, the first stop was at Iditarod Headquarters for vet check. No, …
Junior Mushers were congratulated by veteran Iditarod contestants Kelly Griffin and Newton Marshall. Griffin told the teens the hardest part of the race is getting to the starting line and everyone who gets to the starting line is a winner. Marshall said that he was proud to be doing something few Jamaicans have the opportunity …
Seventy-five miles after leaving Yentna Station, the Junior Iditarod mushers dropped down onto Willow Lake. Half a mile remained to the finish line on the far shore. Ion Earth GPS Tracker had shown the three leaders close to each other for a good portion of the return run. Spectators waiting at the finish line speculated …
Some four hours before sunrise at 03:43, the first Junior Musher, Noah Pereira pulled his snow hook and followed the narrow snowy trail out to the Yentna River. Two minutes later, Conway Seavey followed then Jenny Greger. By 06:52, all the mushers were running toward the finish line at Willow Lake. The dogs were jazzed! …
After running on well-groomed trails in absolutely perfect weather conditions, it was no surprise that the Junior Iditarod canine athletes wanted to keep going once they reached the Yentna Station halfway checkpoint. Teams made the turn off the river and climbed the bank to pause briefly for signing in and the mandatory bag check. The …
13 x 13 x 13! Thirteen young mushers left the start line for the 2013 Junior Iditarod while the temperature with wind chill was at 13 degrees above. The start from Knik Lake went off without a hitch as teams left the starting line in two-minute intervals. The one hundred fifty mile trail was marked …
It’s Friday night and the Junior Iditarod mushers have drawn their bib numbers. Thanks to the generosity of local merchants each participant received a care package that included a musher hat, headband, gloves, socks and other items too numerous to mention. As the mushers and parents enjoyed pizza, the trail boss reviewed the route and …
Shaw Elementary School outside of Wasilla, Alaska is a school with a view. The Chugach Mountains are visible beyond the school in this photo. Teacher on the Trail™, Linda Fenton, is presenting at five Mat-Su Valley Schools, including Shaw, prior to beginning her journey on the Iditarod Trail when the race begins on March 3rd. …
Early Alaskan pilots fought to conquer the air over America’s last frontier. The pilots were daring, adventurous, innovative individuals who became known as bush pilots. They delivered mail and freight and carried passengers to remote rural places in a remarkably short time but not without risks. Today the Iditarod Air Force, a team of dedicated …
