Trail Word Tuesday….Jon Van Zyle!
February 9, 2026
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Another trail word Tuesday has arrived, and this time we bring you the one-and-only… Jon Van Zyle! You cannot be around Iditarod long without knowing
Another trail word Tuesday has arrived, and this time we bring you the one-and-only… Jon Van Zyle! You cannot be around Iditarod long without knowing
We did it! We made it to February where we get to not only really “DIG Deep” into the Iditarod, but we get to “paws”
The Iditarod Trail checkpoints are full of contrasting histories -some are villages inhabited by Alaska Native families who have lived there for generations while others
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is run along the Iditarod National Historic Trail. The Bureau of Land Management and other entities that own the
Today is Indigenous People’s Day. This designation provides the opportunity to stop and reflect on the rich heritage of the people and cultures that inhabited
The fire siren sounds in Nome to announce that a dog team is approaching Front Street. It wails for the champion, the Red Lantern and
Out in the middle of no-where on the Nome to Council Highway sits the Safety Roadhouse. Looking back toward White Mountain, you see nothing but
When mushers leave Elim, they head along the shore to a spot called Walla Walla. Here the trail crosses a peninsula and climbs over the
Elim, an Inupaig village of 310 people is situated on the south shore of the Seward Peninsula or north shore of Norton Bay. Elim (EE-lum)
Just out of Shaktoolik, teams will run through rolling tundra. Some of the villagers have reindeer herds that graze there. Once out on the sea
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