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The Iditarod is proud to announce that we have selected an interim Associate Director of Education, 2008 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail ™, Jane Holmes. Jane is a 6th grade elementary teacher at Ursa Major Elementary School, in Anchorage. Alaska has been home to Jane since 2015, when she began teaching at Togiak School in …
Hello IditaRiders! You will soon be headed down the trail for an 11 mile ride at the Start of the 2017 Iditarod! Get Ready for your ride! Congratulations to the bidders and welcome to the 2017 IditaRider Adventure! IditaRider Coordinator, Kerry Quade, will be coordinating your ride and week’s events. Please watch for email and …
Ken Anderson, NIcolas Petit and Travis Beals finished off the first eleven mushers who completed Iditarod XLIII on March 18th. It was a sunny warm day in Nome with clear skies. Other spots on the trail, it was down right nasty. Teams were holed up in Shaktoolik while the winds howled and wiped visibility down …
Aaron does not have the best conditions to do this long run to Koyuk. While the trail was glare ice a few days ago, it now has a thick snow cover. It snowed a bit last night and now has been blowing all night. The trail was wiped from the earth. Yet his team is …
The Queen of Hearts, Aliy Zirkle, followed Aaron Burmeister into Unalakleet by 2 hours and 17 minutes. Zirkle and Burmeister have their teams bedded down on the leeward side of the snow berms created on the slough in front of the checkpoint. The berms are created for wind protection an for today, it’s a pretty …
Kaltag. Aaron Burmeister is into Kaltag with a nice looking team. The number one thing about this team is they’re eating really well, keeping up their calorie intake. Aaron is upbeat and happy with his team which seems to be reflected in the attitude of his dogs. This team looks really nice coming into here. …
Last year the 2014 finish was one of the most exciting Iditarod finishes in the 42 year history of the race. What will this year’s finish bring? Will two time champ Dallas Seavey repeat? Will Aliy Zirkle claim her first victory after finishing second the previous three years? Will Jeff King claim his fifth …
