People, Places, or Dogs
Summer days are supposed to be leisurely but the teacher’s at Iditarod Summer Teacher’s Camp, have been intensely busy. So much to experience and learn and only ten days to do it! Katie Mangelsdorf, author of Champion of Huskies, shared stories of Iditarod’s visionary and founder, Joe Redington, Jr. Before writing the book, Mangelsdorf spent …
There’s plenty of anticipation in Alaska’s Iditarod this final week of June. Teachers at Iditarod Teacher’s Summer Camp are anticipating soaking up a ton of knowledge on using Iditarod as a theme for education. Brian Hickox is anticipating the excitement and his responsibilities as the 2019 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™. Mushers, both rookies and …
Heidi Sloan, a fifth grade teacher from Virginia, will serve as the 20th Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™. Heidi arrived in Alaska for the 2017 Iditarod Summer Teacher’s Camp. During the next two weeks she’ll participate in training for her duties on the trail during the 2018 Iditarod and participate in Teacher’s Summer Camp picking …
A picture can be worth a thousand words. This photo tells the story of the profound bond between musher and canine. After arriving in Nome, claiming the Red Lantern Award of Iditarod XLV, Cindy Abbott and her leader, Banana, share a moment under the Burled Arch.
Iditarod icons Martin Buser and Jeff King have been honored as inductees of the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place on April 27th at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art. Iditarod fans know these two guys are among the handful of people who have claimed Iditarod Gold four times. That, in …
As Noah Burmeister and his Idita-rider, Natalie Miller, mushed the eleven-mile Ceremonial Start trail, the background music could have been “Here Comes the Bride.” Miller and Burmeister met last year through Iditarod when Natalie and her mother were Idita-riders. Mom rode with Noah and Natalie rode with another musher. Natalie and Noah were recently married …
Right after Dave Delcourt arrived in Nome on St. Patrick’s Day, I noticed this vehicle parked in front of the Nome Nugget. The alleged driver and passenger were very interested in what was going down at the Burled Arch. Have some fun with this – come up with a caption. Here are a few – “The only …
Cindy Abbott arrived in Nome as the Red Lantern musher of Iditarod XLV. After leaving Safety, she like all the mushers made the long climb over Cape Nome then eventually drop onto the frozen Bering Sea. In this photo, Cape Nome is the backdrop as Cindy gets closer by the minute to the Burled Arch. …
A home school graduate, Laura Neese has been focused on running sled dogs since the age of nine. She fulfilled the literature component of her home school course by reading northern adventure books. Among other great stories of peril and excitement Laura has read Shackelton’s Endurance, Libby Riddle’s Race Across Alaska and Pam Flower’s Alone …
The first guy through the line for sign-up this summer was Roger Lee. He grew up in England but now resides in the United States. He’s currently on sabbatical from the Air Force. For the 2017 race, he’ll be running a team of Scott Janssen dogs. Lt Col Snow Dog says his favorite race is …
