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Zoom Lens – Bacon’s Acres Sunset

As the sun sets this evening, there are two days left before the start of the Junior Iditarod and only 10 days until the restart of Iditarod on Willow Lake. Right now it seems to be snowing all around us except for this break in the clouds to the west. Musher Kirk Barnum from Idaho …

Zoom Lens – Baker in UNK, the First of Many

The headlamp was visible for some distance. The light and the musher wearing it made steady progress toward the checker holding the clipboard. John Baker and eleven dogs marched into the Unalakleet checkpoint 5:04 Sunday morning. He was officially greeted by checker, Doug Katchatag and heartily welcomed by a few hundred villagers, family, friends as …

Zoom Lens – Yentna Station Roadhouse

There’s one checkpoint that both the Junior and Iditarod share – Yentna Station Roadhouse. The name is a bit strange in that the nearest road is more that 40 miles away! The only way to travel to Yentna in the winter is by plane, snowmachine or dog team. In summer you can add boat because …