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Jen Reiter 2014 Teacher on the Trail
I didn’t even really get to say goodbye to my students or my co-teachers… The last day I was meant to be at my school there ended up being snow day! That day was also supposed to be the day of our big “Musher Banquet” so, now that the kids are back in school after …
I finally got to pet my first sled dog of this trip! Meet Tikanni. Tikaani means “wolf” in Ahtna Athabascan. She is a village sled dog from Aniak, Alaska who is living and working in Wasilla at the Dorothy G. Page Museum. She is training to be a lead sled dog, but she is also …
As you probably know, we were thrilled to be able to announce to all of our followers that our favorite musher Monica Zappa had gotten a new sponsor: Petchup. LINK So my kids were really intrigued by the whole idea of ketchup and mustard for dogs. We knew that Monica was experimenting to find out …
We checked in with Monica a few weeks ago, and her busy training schedule finally gave her a chance to get back to us! She and Tim have been training up in the Fairbanks area and last week they competed in the Denali Doubles. The Denali Doubles is a unique race that runs 265 miles …
The formal name of the race we all know as the Iditarod is the Iditarod Trail International Sled Dog Race. And it truly is an international pool of mushers this year. A quick look at the musher list shows seven different countries (US, Norway, Jamaica, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden) and seven different states (Alaska, …
I once joked with a coworker that I could turn anything into an Iditarod related lesson, and today I found another example! I had a chance to visit the Anchorage Museum, which is one of my favorite museums. They have an amazing exhibit on the history of Alaska, a fantastic kids area, and the beautiful …
I’m currently in the Millennium Hotel in downtown Anchorage. The Millennium serves as the Race Headquarters during race time! Things are starting to get busy here as hotel rooms are transformed into offices and work spaces for all race staff members and volunteers who will be working hard for the 2014 Iditarod. There will be …
Alaska races sled dogs. In Maryland we race horses. Alaska has stories about heroic dogs. We have stories about heroic horses. My school and I wanted to send greetings to the schools along the trail as a way to kind of let our schools meet each other and to show a connection between schools that …
I have made it to Anchorage! I’m happy to report it is snowing! I’m watching the Iron Dog start on TV, while updating the blog and preparing to go exploring. The Iron Dog is the longest snowmobile race in the world. It travels 2,031 miles and will feature 38 two person teams this year. It …
Our favorite junior musher, Nicole Forto, is just about a week away from her Junior Iditarod run! She took some time out of her busy schedule to give us a quick update! February Interview with Nicole Forto We wish her and all the junior mushers a safe journey! You can follow along with their adventures …