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Wednesday, March 17 As my students track the race each year, they record their musher’s location and standing in the race, as well as the dogs that remain on the trail with the team. There are always a number of questions about why the number of their dogs decrease as the race goes …
Tuesday, March 16 Question of the Day: How do mushers sleep during the race? This question actually came up in my classroom today after watching some of the mushers cross the finish line. My students noticed how exhausted the mushers looked and asked about their sleep during the race. This is …
Aaron Burmeister and his team reached the finish line Monday morning in 2nd place. He told the Insider crew that this was his 20thIditarod. One comment he made really resonated with me, as I feel that it represents many mushers and one reason they tackle this difficult sport and race. “This year was a different challenge …
Dear Friends, If you are watching the mushers’ GPS trackers, you will sometimes see their names on an orange bar which means they are resting. What is really happening during a rest? First of all, we dogs get to rest much more than our humans during the Iditarod. Mushers have to deal with sleep deprivation, …
In hindsight, this question was a really meaningful one to ask this year, given all of the changes due to Covid. I presented it to some of the mushers over the summer, long before the route was changed to the “2021 Gold Trail Loop”. Given what we know now, I’m sure many of them …
Monday, March 15th Over the weekend I watched several videos of the Northern Lights that were posted on the Insider and I also took a look at some of Dave Poyzer’s amazing photos on the Iditarod Photo Gallery page https://iditarod.com/photo/. Based on what I saw, it seems like there has been an extra …
Sunday, March 14th As Martin Buser said in a recent Facebook post, the next stretch from Nikolai to Skwentna will be just like Mr. Toad’s Wild ride! There are many unknowns on the return trip, and mushers need to be prepared for anything. Here are the current standings (according to the Iditarod GPS tracker) …
Dear Friends, Have you been reading the articles on the race? Did you see that Dallas Seavey checked the thermometer on this sled and it said -52? Wow! That is COLD! How do the mushers stay warm? Examine these photos of mushers on the Iditarod Trail and see if you can infer how they survive …
Tails from the Trail…. I was recently able to catch up with Samantha, one of the two teachers in Nikolai. Iditarod 2021 is definitely different for everyone. See what Samantha has to say about life in Nikolai! What is it like to be living and working in Nikolai? Nikolai is a small Native village, only …
Saturday, March 13th Since it’s the weekend and all of my students are home, the trail reporting will look a little different for the next two days. Instead of video reports from my students, I will be typing up some of the most recent developments in the race. However, on Monday we will go back …