Dear Friends, You may have noticed that sometimes mushers and teams blow through checkpoints with a very short stop. The volunteer checkers need to check
Dear Friends, Sled dogs are amazing animals! They are loyal and work as a team. Loyal means being committed to a team or a person,
Dear Friends, Most of the mushers and dog teams have taken the mandatory 24 hour rest now. Even though you don’t always hear about it,
Dear Friends, Sled dogs like cold. We sleep outside and have wonderful fur coats with two layers. The inner layer of soft hair is like
Dear Friends, Have you ever seen a sign that says, “In a world where you can be anything, be kind?” It is so important on
Dear Friends, Last night, Anna Berington’s sled runner broke! This was going to be a huge problem while going up into the Alaska Range and
Dear Friends, The 2022 Iditarod has begun! Yesterday, the 49 teams raced off from Willow Lake on their exciting journey. I wonder if you knew
Dear Friends, Have you ever wondered how a musher from the lower 48 or Canada gets the sled dogs all the way up to Alaska
Dear Friends, Did you know that there is a Jr. Iditarod race for 14-17 year old mushers? It happens the Saturday before the regular Iditarod!
Dear Friends, We know that sled dogs helped get mail and supplies to gold miners in the 1800s and early 1900s. Did you know that
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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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