Veteran Iditarod musher Aaron Burmeister (bib #36) of Nome and Nenana, Alaska, is the first to arrive at the Rohn (south) checkpoint at 4:26 p.m. with 14 dogs in harness. In doing so Burmeister claims the Bristol Bay Native Corporation Fish First Award that includes 25 pounds of fresh Bristol Bay salmon filets, $2,000 and a …
Veteran Iditarod musher Pete Kaiser (bib #3) of Bethel, Alaska, scratched at 9 a.m. today at the McGrath (S) checkpoint. Kaiser made the decision to scratch in the best interest of his race team. Kaiser had 10 dogs in harness at the time he made the decision to scratch.
Veteran Iditarod musher Riley Dyche (bib #16) of Fairbanks, Alaska, scratched at 8:15 a.m. today at the Iditarod checkpoint. Dyche made the decision to scratch in the best interest of his race team. Dyche had nine dogs in harness at the time he made the decision to scratch.
The man behind the camera, Dave Poyzer, captured some beautiful photos of the action out in Iditarod. When Dallas Seavey looked at the thermometer on his sled it read 52 degrees below zero. Seavey thought is was malfunctioning. It turned out to be exactly accurate. How did Dave manage? He kept his camera cold and …
Today is a day of keeping your eye on the trail through the tracker and race standings. In the wee hours of Saturday the 13th, Dallas Seavey arrived in Nikolai. Aaron Burmeister, Ryan Redington and Brent Sass followed him in that order. Seavey and Redington chose to rest in Nikolai while Burmeister and Sass went …
This morning, 40 of 41 teams were on the trail between Ophir – Iditarod – Ophir! Dallas Seavey was the single musher who had made it through the two-way traffic and was beyond Ophir heading to McGrath. Tonight the traffic has thinned dramatically as there are twenty-one mushers on the 80-mile stretch of trail but …
Insider guy Dave Poyzer was able to upload some of his great trail shots. He’s been out there with the action in Ophir and Iditarod. He’s been out there where it was so cold, the thermometers couldn’t show how cold! Great work Dave! A dog team is unmistakable from the air – it looks …
Veteran Iditarod musher Rick Casillo (bib #45) of Talkeetna, Alaska, scratched at 9:59 a.m. today at the Iditarod checkpoint. Casillo made the decision to scratch in the best interest of his race team. Casillo had 13 dogs in harness at the time he made the decision to scratch.
Veteran Iditarod musher Dallas Seavey (bib #23), of Talkeetna, Alaska, is the first to arrive at the Ophir checkpoint at 4:19 a.m. today with 13 dogs in harness. In doing so, Seavey claims The Lakefront Anchorage First Musher to the Yukon Award. The award consists of a five-course gourmet meal prepared by The Lakefront Anchorage …
This morning the GPS tracker was a sight to behold! A never before seen picture of Iditarod! With the exception of Dallas Seavey, every team was either in Ophir, in Iditarod or in between. It was two-way traffic on what mushers say is not always a two-lane trail. Seavey, the first musher to reach Ophir …
