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Wasilla, Alaska – Four Time Iditarod champion Martin Buser has been recognized by his peers for two very special awards; the Donlin Gold Sportsmanship award and $3,000, and the Iditarod’s Most Inspirational Musher Award which includes a paid entry fee for the 2021 Iditarod. Both awards are also accompanied by etched clear glass trophies. Donlin …
2024 Iditarod Special Awards Honorary Musher Leonhard Seppala was honored as the number one musher through 1979. In 1980, the Iditarod Committee decided to have “Wild Bill” Shannon share the honor. Since then, the directors have chosen a person or persons, not necessarily mushers, who have made a significant contribution to the sport of …
Champions Year Musher Time to Nome 2021 Seavey, Dallas 07d 14h 08m 57s 2020 Waerner, Thomas 09d 10h 37m 47s 2019 Kaiser, Peter 09d 12h 39m 06s 2018 Leifseth Ulsom, Joar 08d 12h 00m 00s 2017 Seavey, Mitch 08d 03h 40m 13s 2016 Seavey, Dallas 08d 11h 20m 16s 2015 Seavey, Dallas 08d 18h 13m …
The finisher’s Banquet in Nome is a gala event celebrating both the challenge and success of the Iditarod. Special awards are presented and the recipients have the opportunity to speak about the events surrounding the award. Each musher is called to the podium in finish order to receive recognition and have the opportunity to share …
Alaska Air Transit Spirit of Iditarod Award – Nicolas Petit First Musher to McGrath – Beaver Mitts by Loretta Maillelle of McGrath Musher hat made by Rosalie Egrass of McGrath GCI Dorothy G. Page Halfway Award – Aliy Zirkle First Musher to Iditarod – $3,000 in gold nuggets, Commemorative Trophy The Lakefront Anchorage …
Hello friends, Here it is . . . the end of another Iditarod. Lots of my K9 friends crossed under the Burled Arch in Nome with happy faces and tail wags. 52 teams finished the race with Joar Leifseth Ulsom claiming first and Magnus Kaltenborn claiming the Red Lantern. The Finisher’s Banquet was held Sunday …
The celebration of success for Iditarod finishers was held at the Nome Recreation Center in snowy windy Nome on March 18, 2018. Why would the weather be any different for the banquet than what it was on the trail during the race? Mushers with the families, friends, kennel workers as well as race sponsors and …
The PenAir Spirit of Alaska Award is designed cooperatively between CEO Danny Seybert of PenAir and artist Jon VanZyle. The award represents the spirits of the sixteen dogs and the spirit of the musher becoming one in the Iditarod. The Aleut hat became a part of the art work because of Seybert’s Aleut ancestry. What …
Iditarod XLV Special Awards Presented at Finisher’s Banquet in Nome Lakefront Anchorage First Musher to the Yukon Award Nicolas Petit – Tanana $3,500 in freshly minted $1 bills and five-course gourmet meal PenAir Spirit of Alaska Award Wade Marrs – Ruby $500 flight credit and John Van Zyle Art GCI Dorothy G. Page …
Folks in Nome headed to the Nome Recreation Center for the Iditarod Finisher’s Banquet on a calm, sunny, warm afternoon. All the mushers were off the trail. The Widow’s Lamp was extinguished. The banquet would put Iditarod XLIV in the history books. Chefs from the Lakefront Alaska Hotel of Anchorage prepared a meal that was …
