Eye on the Trail: Unalakleet
Terrie Hanke
March 12, 2016
7:44 pm
Unalakleet is a village of about 700 people located on the Bering Sea. It marks one end of the portage trail that leads to the
Unalakleet is a village of about 700 people located on the Bering Sea. It marks one end of the portage trail that leads to the
The order of business for Saturday at McGrath was moving people to new locations and new assignments. I’m moving to Unalakleet, the first village on
Ellen Halverson arrived in McGrath checkpoint this morning at a few minutes after 0900. She bedded her dogs down then went down the line giving
Mary Helwig is on her way to Takotna after taking her long rest in McGrath. Earlier this morning Mary was snacking her dogs with frozen
Made it to the checkpoint for the specific purpose of seeing Larry Daugherty depart. Specifically, I wanted to see the new style Seavey spreader harness
While I’m still in McGrath, and will be until all the mushers are through, that doesn’t keep me from thinking, speculating and looking further down
A few teams depart and a few teams arrive but compared to Wednesday at this time, the population of McGrath Checkpoint had diminished greatly. Basically,
Jim Lanier is camped on the west end of the checkpoint. He’s seventy-five years old and has done Iditarod in every decade of its existence.
There’s still plenty happening in McGrath but the intensity has decreased. Mushers coming in from Nikolai will probably choose to take their long layover here.
Becca Moore has an adventurous spirit. In high school she loved to kayak, backpack and back country ski. In college she spent her free time
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