Messages to Teachers
Hi Boys and Girls, In a few short hours, Iditarod 40 will begin. Today is the Ceremonial Start in downtown Anchorage. Have you ever wondered what it takes to get the roads of downtown ready for dog teams to travel on? Dog teams have different requirements than cars do. They need snow covered roads. Since …
In just a couple of days, teams will be passing through the Yentna Station checkpoint at mile forty of the 40th Iditarod. Sixty-six mushers drew bib numbers night at the Musher Banquet. Joe Redington, known to all as the father of the Iditarod has a pair of grandsons who’ll be the bookends of the mushers …
Hi Boys and Girls, Last night at the Musher Banquet, the mushers picked their bib numbers. This number tells in what order the mushers will leave the start line. For a complete list go to: http://iditarod.com/race/musher-listing/ Here you can see what number your favorite musher drew. Gypsy
Hi Boys and Girls, While we’re waiting for the start of Iditarod 40 I wanted to tell you some of the preparations that have taken place in the past few weeks. The mushers had to get all their supplies ready for the trail. Have you ever wondered how they get all the food they …
Hi Boys and Girls, Can you believe that it’s almost time for Iditarod XL to begin. Are you getting ready? Have you picked a musher to follow yet? I’m just so excited, I hope you are too. Every year the Iditarod Education Department picks a teacher to be the Teacher on the Trail. Do …
The Juniors arrive at Yentna Station Roadhouse about the same time the snow begins to fall. They’ll take a ten-hour rest before running seventy-five miles to the finish at Willow. The trail from the Knik Lake to Yentna Station was hard and fast. These dogs are looking forward to a hearty meal and a …
The Junior Iditarod mushers have drawn their bib numbers and will be heading to the staging area on Knik Lake for the 10:00 start on Saturday February 25th. The mushers ranging in age from 14 to 17 will take a seventy-five mile route out to their layover at Yentna Station Roadhouse. After resting for ten …
Rookie musher, Silvia Furtwängler, has been mushing for twenty-seven years and was inspired to do the Iditarod after completing the 2003 Yukon Quest, another 1,000-mile race. Silvia was born in Germany and has since immigrated to Norway where she owns a tour guide business and thirty-seven sled dogs. Currently she and her sixteen Iditarod dogs …
As the sun sets this evening, there are two days left before the start of the Junior Iditarod and only 10 days until the restart of Iditarod on Willow Lake. Right now it seems to be snowing all around us except for this break in the clouds to the west. Musher Kirk Barnum from Idaho …
It was late at night and he was weak. The last of his hot drink and snacks had been devoured by noon. The rest of his food was stowed deep inside his sled bag. Retrieving it was not an option. His mind was on the safety cabin ahead and the directions locals had offered him …
