Author: Sanka W. Dog

What’s in the sled bag?  Every musher is required to carry some mandatory gear. Locate the race rules on the Iditarod web page. Find out

The JR Iditarod mushers run 75 miles out to the Yentna Station Road House. The starter/timer out at Yentna records the time each of the

How can the first team to cross the finish line be the winner if teams depart from the start at 2 minute intervals?  Teams are

How many booties will a musher need for the Gold Trail Loop?  Assume a musher will put new booties on at the start and when

On the day of the June Volunteer/Musher Signup Picnic, two musher’s names are drawn at the end of the day to receive the $3,000 entry

How do race officials avoid a mix up between times before noon and times after noon?  In civiliam time, an AM or PM is added

There are 10 teams registered to run the Jr. Iditarod.  The Jr. Iditarod begins on the last Saturday of February.  The honorary musher will wear

This February will mark the 44th running of the Jr. Iditarod.  The Junior, just like the Iditarod, began as a dream.  It was Joe Redington

It’s Sanka W. Dog here to bring you a book report.  My friend, Pam Flowers, has recently written TOGO & Leonhard. So I want to tell

The Berington Twins had the most colorful gang line at the Iditarod start!  Mushers often make their own lines.  Andy Pohl, Kristi Berington’s husband created