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Hello friends, It’s getting closer – the 49th running of The Last Great Race! Teachers and students from around the world are gearing up by reading books, discovering mushers to follow, and preparing classrooms with maps. Schools and classes follow the race in various ways. Some read the free daily reports to see the progress …
How many booties will a musher need for the Gold Trail Loop? Assume a musher will put new booties on at the start and when leaving every checkpoint. The musher is starting with 14 dogs and plans to finish with 14 dogs. Remember that a musher is required to carry 8 booties in the sled …
Dear Friends, This week, the mushers are busily checking and rechecking their gear to carry on the sleds. Did you know they must bring supplies for their sled dogs? Clean, dry booties for feet Insulated dog coats Non-chafing harnesses Dog food: kibble, frozen meats, dog snacks A cooker – needed to heat water so …
On the day of the June Volunteer/Musher Signup Picnic, two musher’s names are drawn at the end of the day to receive the $3,000 entry fee. Veteran Mitch Seavey and Rookie Gabe Dunham were the lucky winners for 2020! Mushers have a lot of expenses, including dog booties. One bootie costs $3, but most mushing …
Hello friends, Another change in the 49th running of the Iditarod is no Musher Banquet. This is sad for us because it was …
It’s Almost Here! Hi. It’s me, Leaping Libby. Everyone at our kennel is so excited! Only a week left to go! All the doggie-feelings have been on a roller coaster here at the kennel. All winter, the racing dogs have been sharing stories about Iditarod 2019. It was the time of their lives, and …
How do race officials avoid a mix up between times before noon and times after noon? In civiliam time, an AM or PM is added to the time. During the race, times are reported using the 24-hour clock known as Military time. Briefly, 12:00 AM or midnight is written as 0000 hours. 1:00 AM is …
There are 10 teams registered to run the Jr. Iditarod. The Jr. Iditarod begins on the last Saturday of February. The honorary musher will wear bib #1. The competing mushers will wear bibs 2 through 11. Bib #2 will leave the start at exactly 10:00 am. Teams will follow at two-minute intervals. What time will …
Hello friends, My favorite questions to answer are about the dogs. Awwwoooooo! Students in Minnesota just learned about the tough pads sled dogs have on …
Hello, Friends! Did you know that a teacher is chosen every year to also go on the Iditarod Trail to be a reporter for teachers and students around the world? Just like the trail has been changed because of the pandemic, 2021 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™, Jim Deprez, (pronounced Di pray) will have a …