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It’s quiet at the mini now… the floor has been washed… we’re ready for company…

It’s quiet at the mini now…  the floor has been washed… we’re ready for company…We’re ready for the Champion’s finish!

Final Countdown to the Champion’s Finish

Media briefing done.  Production meeting and walk through – done.  Banners up!  We’re ready!  Are you?

Rob Cooke’s Siberians in UNK

Teacher on the Trail is in Nome

I have made it to Nome. I took a walk and saw the famous Burled Arch. Can’t wait for the finish.

M, M & MM Leave Unalakleet

 

St. Patrick’s Day Sunrise UNK

 

Volunteers have left Nome for Saftey to set up the Checkpoint

Supplies were loaded into sleds.  Volunteers and the supplies were taken by snowmachine (snowmobile) to Saftey.  The checkpoint will quickly be set up and ready for the arrival of mushers.  

Top of the Morning to You.

These words are spoken today and ring out to all checkpoints from Anchorage to Nome… in memory of Mark J. Kelliher. Mark volunteered countless hours to assist in the Last Great Race, the Iditarod, first with the communications group, then with the Iditarod Air Force, and finally as a logistics coordinator.    Mark was born …

Nome Awaits the First Musher into the Finish Chute

The chute is up and ready!  🙂 

The Finish Line is Almost Ready

Volunteers worked on putting up the banners and making the chute ready for the arrival of the first musher into Nome.  Who will it be?