Iditarod
Watching the race through GPS Tracker and Insider from Unalakleet is quite exciting. There are races within the top-ten that will unfold through out the day and into early tomorrow morning. Looks like Mitch Seavey will claim his third Iditarod Gold medal. Dallas is in pursuit but with only thirty miles to go to the …
As the sun rose in Unalakleet on day eight of the 45th Iditarod, there are two mushers, Charlie Bejna and DeeDee Jonrowe parked on the slough. Much earlier this morning Seth Barnes and Laura Neese arrived and departed from the checkpoint. Laura Neese is making her rookie run to Nome. She’s a Yukon Quest veteran so …
Mushers turned their bibs in at Nenana for safekeeping. Even so there were plenty of bibs here in Unalakleet late this afternoon. The skiers participating in the community ski race were all wearing bibs, it wasn’t the mushers. The ski race takes place directly across the slough from the checkpoint on the dragon’s back. One can …
So much is happening in UNK and so little time to see it all and share. While the morning dawned quite clear, fog rolled in periodically during the morning. There’s a bridge about a mile from the checkpoint that the mushers pass under as they head to Shaktoolik. It’s a nice walk on a pleasant …
After a lifetime spent at sea, the ocean-tough salmon battles its way upriver and completes its lifecycle in the spawning grounds where it was born. The fact that this species has no true capacity for recollection makes this tenacious journey doubly remarkable. This knowledge is mapped in its DNA, like an intergenerational memory that echoes …
Looking at the race from Unalakleet on Monday morning, nothing is set in stone but the guys directly behind Mitch Seavey aren’t focusing on catching him (if you can believe that). If you’ve watched some of the Insider video posted just recently, you’ve heard their thoughts. Dallas Seavey and Joar Leifseth Ulsom were at the …
The scene in Unalakleet has changed over the past hour. While Mitch came and went from Unalakleet his closest competitors rested. Dallas stayed for 3 hours and 51 minutes. He left with 12 dogs. He and his Dad are even in the dog power department. Joar Leifseth Ulsom arrived in UNK at 20:38, dropped two …
Teams poured into Unalakleet behind Wade Marrs. Nicolas Petit was three minutes behind, Mitch Seavey followed 15 minutes later and the last of the quartet was Dallas Seavey in at 16:45. This is a race folks and don’t count out any of the teams that are soon to close in on the Unalakleet checkpoint. Of …
Which came first, Wade Marrs or the blue sky? The events were actually simultaneous. As a few patches of blue sky became visible through the clouds, Wade Marrs and team trotted smartly into the Unalakleet checkpoint. A hundred or so spectators cheered as the first musher of the 45th Iditarod made the Gold Coast. Marrs arrived …
The checkpoint is still fogged in. Official photo guy, Jeff Schultz is still in Kaltag. Photo Guy Mike Kenney is back in Huslia. I’m assuming Joe Runyan, Bruce Lee and the rest of the Insider Crew are grounded with Schultz in Kaltag. The teams are moving closer to the coast. It appears that Mitch …
