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Jen Reiter 2014 Teacher on the Trail
They are still mining for gold on the shores of Nome! One of my favorite gold rush mining stories out of Alaska has always been how the miners flooded to Nome only to find that all the claims had been staked. One miner sitting on the beach waiting for a ship to take him out …
I spent the day listening to stories… one of my all time favorite things to do! Earlier this year, I shared with you the story of how Aliy Zirkle and Martin Buser were carrying some vaccines down the trail this year to highlight the need for vaccinating children early enough to help with disease prevention. …
Today Nome is what I always thought Nome would be like. Cold, windy, snowing. The snow is blowing. They sky is gray. It’s pretty nasty. It’s cold. Really cold. Especially when the wind blows. I was lucky enough to catch up with Nathan Schroeder in the Mini Convention Center right before dinner time today. He …
I have had the pleasure of working with about fifty-two classes via Skype. I’ve chatted with them live, via Skype messenger and video message and of course through this blog to bring the race and the trail to life for them in a way that they can understand and appreciate. One of the schools, Southborough …
It was a tight race for rookie of the year! It was almost like a repeat of the Dallas Seavey and Aliy Zirkle finish with two teams in the chute at the same time! I was awoken this morning by the siren going off… I checked the tracker and realized that the siren must be …
It’s been a chilly day here in Nome and it has been snowing all day…. just flurries, but snow none the less! The top ten mushers are in as of now! What an amazing accomplishment for these mushers and their dogs! The first three mushers broke John Baker’s fastest winning time! Can you believe that? …
In a secret location on the trail I got to do something really unique and special… I became an honorary member of the Pee Team. The Pee Team collects urine samples from the dogs for testing. Now, it is a top secret mission and the data is all secured and locked up safe and sound. …
Oh my gosh! What an amazingly exciting and nerve-wrecking night! We started watching the tracker, still convinced that Jeff King was going to pull up in Nome as only the second person to win the Iditarod five time. We watched Aliy Zirkle get closer and closer and closer and close the gap between her and …
I got a chance to fly into Nome with pilot Wes. He took us on quite the sightseeing tour on the way. We flew over the trail where we got to see Aily Zirkle and Jeff King running. They looked like they were getting a little wind blown! Jeff was getting out his cooker as …
Jeff King looked chipper while packing up his sled and getting things together. He gave his lead dogs a lot of attention, encouragement, and words of wisdom before heading out. “On your feet” were the words he used to get the team up and ready to go. They didn’t listen too well the first few …