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Zoom Lens from Anchorage 2/19/14 by Sanka W. Dog The big news here is the announcement of where the race will start. With the lack of snow to cover the river ice, there was plenty of discussion about moving it way up north to Fairbanks. It was a unanimous decision by the ITC Board of …
For me Iditarod starts with the Junior Iditarod on the last weekend of February. The juniors are the future of The Last Great Race. Their starting banner is located on Knik Lake. It’s within shouting distance of the Redington Homestead. It’s a great way to annually remember Joe Redington, his work in founding the race …
Doors opened for the Finisher’s Banquet of Iditarod XLI at 1500, (actually now that the race is over we can go back to civilian time 3:00 pm). Folks filed in, claimed what they hoped would be a good seat then anticipated an outstanding dinner served by the Millennium of Anchorage. Mushers, fans, family and friends …
With a stiff wind at his back, Mikhail Telpin and eleven Chukchi huskies made the burled arch. Wind driven snow was swirling down the street and around the chute. The Chukchi stopped a few feet short of the burled arch but in order to finish, the nose of the lead dog must cross under the …
As for the trip along the coast from Unalakleet, Angie said the wind at Golovin was enough to knock you over. A big gust would come along and I’d nearly get taken out sideways – WHAM! The dogs are lower to the ground they’re not affected as much but it takes good leaders to keep …
For two years in a row spectators have seen double in the chute on Front Street. Identical twins, Anna and Kristi Barington have come off the Bering Sea and approached the burled arch nearly side by side. Last year Anna’s lead dog broke the plane of the arch first by one minute. This year Kristi …
It’s just about high noon and Jim Lanier drives his team down Front Street to the burled arch. He was met by his wife Anna and their son Jimmy. Jimmy came into the shoot a little out of breath as he’d done double duty. He’d gone down the road about half a mile to catch …
My trip here from Unalakleet was via Cessna 180 in severe clear. Severe clear is the term used to describe a sky that is completely cloudless and intensely blue. Our mission was to pick up dropped dogs from Elim and transport them and me to Nome. At one point during the incredibly beautiful flight, I …
There’s a guy out there with green and yellow harnesses and sled bag. Being from Wisconsin, I thought he might be a Packer backer but such is not the case. Luan Ramos Marques is from Brazil. The Brazilian Flag has a blue starry globe on a background of green and yellow. A banner with the …
Unalakleet, pop. 750, is on the Norton Sound, an inlet of the Bering Sea. The sound was explored by Captain James Cook in 1778. He named the inlet after Sir Fletcher Norton, Speaker of the British House of Commons. The people of UNK are accustomed to winds and extreme cold in the winter. The community …