Edu Categories: Jim Deprez 2021 Teacher on the Trail

With so much wildlife in Alaska, the question sometimes comes up about ‘Why use dogs and not other animals for work in the Arctic?’ It’s

  Jennifer Dowling has served as the Iditarod information guru since 2015 when she took over the position as Race Comms Coordinator. In this position,

For this lesson, students will take a look at what mushing was like before the Iditarod ever existed. Togo and Balto played integral roles in

  Monte Mabry has served as Director of Operations for the Iditarod Air Force in recent years. He has lived all over the globe and

  In the “lower 48”, traveling throughout the country is something that can easily be taken for granted. For long distances, air travel is the

Richard Burnham of Kaltag, has served as an Iditarod Race Checker, Trail Breaker/marker, Clean-up crew member, and even participated in the race from 1975-1978. He

  Personally, I have always had a difficult time integrating math into my Iditarod unit of study. As a 3rd grade teacher I am usually

  This is the first in a series of new posts entitled “Voices of the Volunteers”. For those who have followed the race for a

  Continuing one of my themes from last year, I wanted to start this year by looking deeper at the start of the race. The

  For me, Interviewing the mushers was one of the greatest highlights of the past year. Talking to these great men and women and hearing