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Zach Steer shared his system for dressing and system for organizing his gear with junior mushers at a clinic on Thursday evening. Both Zach and his wife Anjanetta have run Iditarod and many other mid-distance races. He showed a short video of Anjanetta putting all the necessary gear on. It amounted to thirty-seven pieces, which …
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 …
by Sanka W. Dog After great runs with the team, I’ve been studying the Iditarod website, reading all the bio’s and doing research in the race archives. Here are my predictions about top-ten finishers in Iditarod XLII. Aliy Zirkle has finished second for the last two years. She’s run dogs her husband, Allen Moore, has …
Hi Boys and Girls Did you know that every year a teacher is selected to be the Teacher on the Trail ™? That special teacher flies from checkpoint to checkpoint following the race and reporting what they learn on the trail. They also provide lessons for classroom use during the entire school year. It’s a …
Hello Boys and Girls, It’s in the rules! Rookies MUST go to school, too. Rookie mushers are mushers who have signed up the race and have never finished an Iditarod. This doesn’t mean this is the first time they’ve entered Iditarod. Sometimes a musher starts the race but for some reason, they aren’t able to …
Libby Here! A rookie is someone who is doing something for the first time. An Iditarod rookies is a musher who is going to finish the Iditarod for the first time. Every year Iditarod has a rookie meeting that all rookies must go to. This meeting is a lot like going to school. The rookies …
Hello Boys and Girls, This school year is a fast moving trail, isn’t it? December is here and that means it’s training and racing season for my K9 pals! While you sit in your classroom, work on the computer, figure out solutions to math problems, think scientifically, practice your writing, and read books, the sled …
Libby Here! Did you know that at Iditarod Headquarters in Wasilla, Alaska, an important statue stands next to Iditarod Headquarters? That statue is one of Joe Redington, Sr. and his dog, Feets. Joe is remembered as the Father of the Iditarod. He started the Iditarod for two reasons. Joe wanted to make sure that sled …
Hello Boys and Girls, As November rolls around, we traditionally begin to think about being thankful for the many things that are around us. We’re grateful for our homes, our families, our friends, for food, and many other things. In school, teachers often have students write about being thankful and grateful. Sometimes students write poems, …
Hello Boys and Girls, School is under way for students like you and in a way, school has started for the sled dogs, too. What you say? Dogs in school? Just like you headed back to the classroom this fall to start the 2013 – 2014 school year, mushers have put their dogs …