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A windy morning in Nome had an international flavor. Brazilian Luan Ramos Marques crossed the finish line at eight minutes after eight. Russian Mikhail Telpin lead his team under the burled arch just a few minutes before 10:30. Both the Brazilian and Russian flags had been flying over the burled arch earlier in the week …
Shortly after 23:00, a faint glow appeared far in the distance and then it disappeared – ditto, ditto, ditto. Several minutes later, the faint glow expanded to a recognizable light bobbing up and down, right and left. Light snow fell, no stars, some wind with moderate Nome temperatures. Some minutes later the light turned into …
Spectators in Nome have two choices for premier Iditarod watching. The obvious is along the chute on Front Street in front of the Nugget Inn. The other requires a bit of a hike toward the east end of town to where the mushers come off the Bering Sea and follow the ramp onto Front Street. …
Musher arrival in Nome for Thursday capped off with the Beringtons and Jodi Bailey. Iditarod volunteers enjoyed a thanksgiving dinner at the bunk house/dinning room and then headed to the burled arch to welcome and give thanks for three more mushers safely into Nome. Again, when asked about the trail, the three women spoke of …
Travis Beals was anxious to get to Nome. Every Iditarod musher looks forward to Nome but Beals, but the youngest musher on the trail, had a special reason. He left Safety at 13:46 behind Matt Giblin, Karin Hendrickson and Justin Savidis. He put the pedal to the metal, shifted into high gear and sped the …
DeeDee Jonrowe came out to greet Jim Lanier at the burled arch today. It gave me an opportunity to congratulate her on placing in the top ten again and ask her a couple of questions about her 31st Iditarod. In her bright pink kusbuk with the huge Shell logo on the back DeeDee is rather …
Iditarod legend, Jim Lanier drove his typically all white dog team under the burled arch in Nome to be greeted by his son Jimmy, wife Anna and a copy of his newly published book, Beyond Ophir. On 3/14 at 12:08 under the burled arch was the first Lanier had seen his book in published form. …
Mike Ellis remembers watching the Iditarod on Wide World of Sports as a kid. If they still produced the television account of The Last Great Race, Ellis would be seeing himself and his majestic Siberian Huskies come across the finish line. Ellis, first of the breakfast trio, earned his coveted rookie belt buckle in 30th …
Michelle Phillips was the 24th finisher to make the burled arch on Front Street. Phillips posted a time of 10 days, 2 hours and 22 minutes. Giving her an average speed of 4.07 miles per hour. Like Hendricks, this 2013 marks the fourth time Michelle has run Front Street to the burled arch. This run …
Folks gathered to welcome the musher and dog team. He was greeted with cheers, applause and the flash of cameras. The checker stepped forward to examine the mandatory musher gear, the dogs were counted, the arrival time was announced and the musher officially signed in. It was 22:37 on Tuesday and Louie Ambrose was checked …
