Iditarod
Twenty-six year old Thomas Rosenbloom was born in Wichita, Kansas. While in his junior year of college at the University of Georgia – Athens he watched the Iditarod documentary “The Toughest Race on Earth.” From that time on Thomas knew Iditarod would be in his future. The question was how to make that happen. After …
Peter Reuter earned a degree in Forestry from Paul Smith’s College in New York. He grew up in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. At the age of 54 he’s taking to the Iditarod trail. He began mushing 35 years back with a team of Malamlutes and started giving sled dog tours in the early …
Robert Redington will be joining his brothers Ray Jr. and Ryan on the Iditarod trail in 2017. Parents, Barb and Raymie Redington, will have their hands and hearts full as they support their three sons in their quests for Nome. Robert, age 27, is a rookie for the 2017 Iditarod. He attempted Nome in 2016 …
It’s the back of the pack who remain in Tanana or have recently departed Tanana and are beginning the 120 mile journey to Ruby. As we head to the end of the day in Tanana, there are 15 mushers still in the checkpoint. The final three, Larry Dougherty, Ellen Halverson and Jimmy Lebling, have arrived …
“It’s 36,” a friend tells Tom Hyslop, who just threw a tarp over raked dog straw with the help of another local volunteer. That means 36 degrees below zero. The morning sun shines brightly on this south-facing village on the Yukon River, nestled about a mile downriver from the confluence of the Tanana River, but its …
There was plenty of hustle and bustle around the Tanana checkpoint and on Front Street on beginning on Tuesday evening. Nicolas Petit, behind a spirited team of dogs, set his snow hook at the checker’s station at 18:44. Martin Buser followed shortly behind. Petit and Buser opened the floodgates and mushers rolled in for the …
Nicolas Petit brought his dog team down Front Street first. Front Street, what kind of a jet powered dog team does he have? He can’t be in Nome yet! Right, that’s Front Street of Tanana. Along with the chefs from the Lakefront Hotel of Anchorage, the Mayor and community residents were there to welcome the …
While the air temperature turned very cold over night in Nenana, the community welcomed Iditarod in the warmest way. Iditarod Officials and checkpoint coordinator Tyrell Seavey have been working with the mayor of the village and tribal leaders to design the layout and operate the first checkpoint of the 2017 Iditarod Trail. The advanced efforts …
Today in Tanana, the world will celebrate the first musher to the Yukon, but the award only voices one piece of the story. At nine am this morning the trail breakers departed Tanana on their snow machines and headed down the Yukon River setting the trail for the teams. The spirit of volunteerism permeates every …
It’s one thing when a community organizes the start of Iditarod year after year. For Fairbanks it’s only been three years – 2003, 2015 and 2017. Different weather conditions dictate different routes and the city of Fairbanks, its businesses and residents welcomed Iditarod and organized the restart that went off like clock work. Teams …
