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Sanka W. Dog
March 1st and the start of the Junior Iditarod was the kind of day that makes folks who are visiting Alaska want to stay for the rest of their lives. Crisp, sunny and windless with the temperatures eventually rising into the 20’s. The action for the Junior Iditarod began at 8:00 in the morning when …
Junior Iditarod is her passion and this year Jayne Hempstead, DVM has been honored for her dedication to the race and the young mushers. The Junior Iditarod Board of Directors chose Hempstead to wear Bib 1 for the start of the Junior race. Hempstead could take her own team of sled dogs down the trail …
After landing in Anchorage early this week, Handler said, “The real deal of NO SNOW is staring me right in the face. There’s no snow!” It’s been warm and it’s even rained so that lakes aren’t looking too solidly frozen either. Driving north to Wasilla doesn’t improve the situation. She even heard someone comment, “Our …
Here’s another story using several homophones. Can you select the correct word? Do your best to decide which homophone is correct. After you’ve given it your best shot, click here to see the correct choices. (There-their-they’re) sat Jeff Schultz editing the (pictures-pitchers) he’d taken of mushers and (there-their-they’re) dog teams that day. Jeff is the official …
(I – Eye) am fascinated by words that sound alike, are spelled differently and have very different meanings. These words are called homophones. When speaking, or barking as we sled dogs do, people and other dogs understand what we mean by context, that is considering the word along with the words used around it. When …
The leaders on the winning team are draped in roses as the last official act of the Iditarod Finisher’s Banquet in Nome. Born to Run, Sanka
The winner of the 2014 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Dallas Seavey, received the Joe Redington, Sr. trophy. It’s big and very beautiful! Now that Dallas has won two iditarod Races, he can call himself a Grand Champion. Born to Run, Sanka
Strawberries are served at the Iditarod Finishers Banquet in Nome by the sled full! A third are dipped in dark chocolate, a third are dipped in white chocolate and a third are plain. Oh they are delicious! Born to Run, Sanka
My name is Ruby. I’m an AKC registered Siberian Husky. My human is Lisbet Norris. All my teammates are boys. So there’s a girl up front and a girl on the runners of our sled. We placed 48th in the Iditarod. Nome seems like a great place to be. There’s a giant dog spa called …
Anna Berington comes into Nome at 0500. Her dogs wanted to go left, her dogs wanted to go right but they were not interested in going into the chute. Anna finally lead them to the burled arch. Snow was falling, there was little wind and the temperature was mild. Born to Run, Sanka