Veteran Iditarod musher Brent Sass (bib #27) of Eureka, Alaska, crossed the finish line of the 50th running of the Iditarod in Nome at 5:38 a.m. today, claiming his first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race championship. Sass wins his first championship in his seventh time competing. After two previous top-10 finishes, Sass crosses under Burled …
While front runners Brent Sass and Dallas Seavey rest in White Mountain, there are eight fellows with dog teams resting in Koyuk, 94-miles back down the trail. There’s quite a distance between the front runners and the rest of the top 10. But really there’s nothing that says one of the teams that’s traversing Norton …
Veteran Iditarod musher Brent Sass (bib #27) of Eureka, Alaska, was the first musher to reach the White Mountain checkpoint today (March 14) at 11:05 a.m. with 12 dogs. Northrim Bank’s award was first given out in 2018. Sass receives a $2,500 check and a special trophy that resides at Iditarod headquarters year-round. New this …
As the sun rises on the eighth day of Iditarod 2020, we see a Yukon River and Coast Race. After Kailyn Davis and Lisbet Norris departed Ruby the trail crew is dismantling the checkpoint. Race personnel are being relocated or flown to Unalakleet to head home. Davis and Norris join Apayauq Reitan and Yuka Honda …
Over the years, the trail out of Shaktoolik toward Koyuk (COY-uk) has been the scene of significant mushing history. Dating all the way back to 1925 and the Serum Run, Leonard Seppala thought he was going to meet a Serum Runner somewhere on the Yukon River then take the antitoxin and head back to Nome. …
Galena is a town of over 700 people and serves as the transportation, government and commercial center for the western Interior. While some folks still rely on a subsistence lifestyle, most are employed in government, transportation, health care, education, retail, construction or fire-fighting jobs. The K-12 school in Galena is named after the late Sidney …
Brent Sass claimed another “first to” award late last night when he arrived in Unalakleet at 23:32. The Ryan Air Gold Coast Award is his fourth award of the race along with the Halfway Award at Cripple, First to the Yukon Award at Ruby, Fish First Award at Kaltag and Gold Coast Award at Unalakleet. …
Veteran Iditarod competitor Brent Sass (bib #27), of Eureka, Alaska, was the first musher to reach the Unalakleet checkpoint at 11:32 p.m. today with 12 dogs, winning the Ryan Air Gold Coast Award. This award was first presented in 1987. Ryan Air began sponsoring the award in 2019. The award consists of one ounce of …
With a picture being worth a thousand words, I’m sharing these colorful Jeff Schultz photos. When it comes to capturing the race, Jeff is a master. Enjoy his shots from Galena and Nulato.
It’s the eve of daylight savings time. We need to adjust for the spring ahead time change. Iditarod stats are automatically adjusted so no need to wonder about how race stats deals with the change. The mushers won’t even notice as for them it’s just blocks of time – run six hours and rest six …
