Over the years, the trail out of Shaktoolik toward Koyuk (COY-uk) has been the scene of significant mushing history. Dating all the way back to 1925 and the Serum Run, Leonard Seppala thought he was going to meet a Serum Runner somewhere on the Yukon River then take the antitoxin and head back to Nome. …
Galena is a town of over 700 people and serves as the transportation, government and commercial center for the western Interior. While some folks still rely on a subsistence lifestyle, most are employed in government, transportation, health care, education, retail, construction or fire-fighting jobs. The K-12 school in Galena is named after the late Sidney …
Brent Sass claimed another “first to” award late last night when he arrived in Unalakleet at 23:32. The Ryan Air Gold Coast Award is his fourth award of the race along with the Halfway Award at Cripple, First to the Yukon Award at Ruby, Fish First Award at Kaltag and Gold Coast Award at Unalakleet. …
Veteran Iditarod competitor Brent Sass (bib #27), of Eureka, Alaska, was the first musher to reach the Unalakleet checkpoint at 11:32 p.m. today with 12 dogs, winning the Ryan Air Gold Coast Award. This award was first presented in 1987. Ryan Air began sponsoring the award in 2019. The award consists of one ounce of …
With a picture being worth a thousand words, I’m sharing these colorful Jeff Schultz photos. When it comes to capturing the race, Jeff is a master. Enjoy his shots from Galena and Nulato.
For the first time ever, the Insider Team is offering a 48 Hour Pass to see the exciting finish.
It’s the eve of daylight savings time. We need to adjust for the spring ahead time change. Iditarod stats are automatically adjusted so no need to wonder about how race stats deals with the change. The mushers won’t even notice as for them it’s just blocks of time – run six hours and rest six …
Ruby, located at mile 495 is the first Yukon River village on the northern route of Iditarod. Dave Poyzer, the Insider Guy with the still camera, is in Ruby. He supplies the pics for the Iditarod Photo Gallery. Jeff Schultz is out in Ruby too focusing on Faces of Iditarod but he has supplied me …
Veteran Iditarod musher Brent Sass (bib #27) of Eureka, Alaska, is the first to arrive at the Kaltag checkpoint at 2:36 a.m. with 12 dogs in harness. In doing so Sass, claims the Bristol Bay Native Corporation Fish First Award consisting of 25 pounds of fresh Bristol Bay salmon filets, $2,000 and a wood burned …
Ophir was a bustling place earlier in the week but just like back in the gold rush, everyone has come and gone. Back in the gold rush days, prospectors located gold along many of the creeks that flow into the Innoko River. In 1906, the miners named their town after the wealthy land of Ophir …
