Traditions of Iditarod by Sanka W. Dog
October 26, 2025
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T R A D I T I O N !! Along with my handler, I’ve been reading a book called The First Great Race by
T R A D I T I O N !! Along with my handler, I’ve been reading a book called The First Great Race by
The fire siren sounds in Nome to announce that a dog team is approaching Front Street. It wails for the champion, the Red Lantern and
Out in the middle of no-where on the Nome to Council Highway sits the Safety Roadhouse. Looking back toward White Mountain, you see nothing but
When mushers leave Elim, they head along the shore to a spot called Walla Walla. Here the trail crosses a peninsula and climbs over the
Elim, an Inupaig village of 310 people is situated on the south shore of the Seward Peninsula or north shore of Norton Bay. Elim (EE-lum)
Just out of Shaktoolik, teams will run through rolling tundra. Some of the villagers have reindeer herds that graze there. Once out on the sea
The village of Shaktoolik (shak-TOO-lick) is located on a little spit of land that juts out into the Norton Sound. There is one road that
The trail from Kaltag to Unalakleet (YOU-na-la-Kleet) follows a portage trail used by the Athabascans of the interior to travel to the Bering Coast to
The village of Kaltag is perched high on the west bank of the Yukon River. Teams will make a short steep climb up the river
When teams reach Eagle Island, they have covered about half of the miles they will be traveling on the Yukon River. In his Trail Notes,
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