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Hello friends, Every year I get asked the same question from students, “Who is your favorite musher?” As a K9 reporter I try to stay impartial, but I can’t help it, Aliy Zirkle is my favorite. No one has a brighter smile or more positive energy on the trail. This year is her final Iditarod …
Aliy Zirkle is the fourth musher to finish Iditarod XLVII. The sun is breaking through the clouds but strong easterly winds and newly fallen snow continues to combine for drifting on the trail from Safety. With today, Aliy has started and finished Iditarod 19 times. Her best finishes have been a trio of runner-up …
Aliy Zirkle wins the GCI Dorothy Page Halfway Award in the Checkpoint of Iditarod. As the first musher to reach Iditarod Checkpoint, Aliy was greeted by Bob James who presented the Dorothy G. Page Halfway Award. Aliy arrived at Iditarod at 01:38 on Thursday morning, March 7th. Her run from Ophir took 17 hours and …
Twenty-one teams have finished Iditarod XLVI. Having been in several checkpoints along the trail, a pattern of “bunches” has developed, a bunch of twenty near the front. McGrath experienced a very dense influx of mushers near the front as did Nome and everywhere between. I’m now in Nome and will pick up with the mushers …
Some race fans caller her Aliy, others fondly refer to her as the “Queen of Hearts. Aliy Zirkle has been in Alaska for 25 years. She moved to the Last Frontier to work for U.S. Fish and Wildlife. She acquired her first sled dog, Skunk, and the rest is history. Her career in long distance …
The Iditarod Alphabet 2017 Z is for Zirkle Aliy Zirkle is a veteran Iditarod musher. Aliy finished her 17th Iditarod this year in 8th place. Aliy first started mushing after moving to Alaska in 1990. Aliy and her husband, Allen Moore, run SP Kennel which is named after Aliy’s first Alaskan husky, Skunk. Aliy has …
It’s Unalakleet in 2013, Aily Zirkle is preparing to depart for Shaktoolik. She is applying paw cream and booting her dogs. In this photo, Olivia enjoys Aliy’s complete attention. That’s the gist of what’s going on in this picture but take a closer look. Zoom in! As Aliy applies that wonderful pink paw goop, …
Elder Mabel Takak came out to see Aliy Zirkle here in Shaktoolik. Aliy Zirkle drew a huge crowd. As always she took the time to socialize with her fans. Yet it was visible, that Aliy was on a mission. She was in the hunt. No doubt that she would not stay here. Here dogs seem to …
Aliy Zirkle took four hours at Nulato to rest her team after a traumatic encounter. She did not want to talk about the incident while at Nulato so that she could focus on getting her team to Kaltag.
Aliy Zirkle is staying away from the busy traffic in Rainy Pass to relax
