What About Mushers Who Scratched?
March 16, 2024
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Dear Friends, The 2024 Iditarod has officially ended with Jeff Reid coming in last, extinguishing the Widow’s Lantern and earning the Red Lantern Award for
Dear Friends, The 2024 Iditarod has officially ended with Jeff Reid coming in last, extinguishing the Widow’s Lantern and earning the Red Lantern Award for
Dear Friends, If you like math, here is a problem to solve. As of Thursday evening, 24 mushers with an average of 11 dogs each
Dear Friends, It has been so exciting seeing the mushers arriving in Nome, tired but happy and triumphant! Little by little more teams are arriving.
Dear Friends, Throughout the history of the Iditarod, there have been family connections between mushers. In 2017, Dallas Seavey and his dad ended up finishing
Dear Friends, There are wonderful schools in each of the populated checkpoints. I say populated, because some checkpoints are either ghost towns (abandoned) or just
Dear Friends, What do pure gold nuggets, salmon fish, beaver fur mittens and hats, and a gourmet dinner have in common? These are all specially
Dear Friends, Have you been noticing the race standings? Of the 16 rookies, or first timers on the Iditarod, 14 are running in a row
Dear Friends, You may have noticed that we sled dogs do not mind the snow getting onto our fur. We are well adapted for cold
Dear Friends, How does your school desk look? Is it stuffed full, or organized with only what you need? Sometimes mushers’ sleds get messy and
Dear Friends, Some people think that sled dog teams and their drivers, or “mushers,” just pay $4000 and sign up to race in the Iditarod
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If you were not able to attend our Winter Conference in Anchorage this year, do not worry! The Iditarod education department is teaming up
Are people in Nome always waiting at the finish line for mushers to arrive? Nope! But when a musher is about one mile away, a
Jessie Holmes did it! He was the first musher to guide his team under the Burled Arch in the wee hours of Friday morning. Of
This morning bib number 15, Jessie Holmes, was the first musher into White Mountain just as the sun was rising over the Niukluk River. While
In the Iditarod world, more than half of the remaining mushers have reached the coast! Your students might notice that mushers are staying an extra
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