The Jr. Iditarod is proud to introduce their 2026 honorary mushers, Bruce and Diana Moroney. A central and defining part of their lives has been
To round out the eleven musher field for the 2026 Jr. Iditarod we’ll meet two first year veterans and a pair of third year veterans.
The 49th Jr. Iditarod, with eleven contestants is scheduled for February 28th and March 1st. If conditions remain favorable, the race will begin on Knik
The Jr. Iditarod began as a dream fifty years ago. Young mushers in the Knik area were camped on Nine-Mile Hill and started talking about
Mary Shields, an Iditarod pioneer who paved the way for women in The Last Great Race passed away in mid-July at the age of 80.
Iditarod elders, Dan Seavey and Raine Hall Rawlins worked from the ground floor to establish the race, shaping it to be the renowned event it
At almost the same time Dr. Beeson came across the 300,000 units of serum in Anchorage, an additional 1.1 million units was located in hospitals
Some of the Iditarod awards are for arriving first at a checkpoint like the Alaska Air Transit Spirit of Iditarod Award, the GCI Dorothy G.
Between the Musher Banquet in Anchorage where start order is determined and the Finisher’s Banquet in Nome where stories are shared and mushers are honored,
Dane Baker and Ebbe Pedersen arrived in Nome early this morning a few hours after the Finisher’s Banquet wrapped up. They will be honored for
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