Jennifer Dowling has served as the Iditarod information guru since 2015 when she took over the position as Race Comms Coordinator. In this position,
Just out of Shaktoolik, teams will run through rolling tundra. Some of the villagers have reindeer herds that graze there. Once out on the sea
The village of Shaktoolik (shak-TOO-lick) is located on a little spit of land that juts out into the Norton Sound. There is one road that
The trail from Kaltag to Unalakleet (YOU-na-la-Kleet) follows a portage trail used by the Athabascans of the interior to travel to the Bering Coast to
IDITAROD: THE FIRST TEN YEARS – reading informational text to compare, contrast, analyze, and synthesize This month’s lesson prompt about the stars of the
The village of Kaltag is perched high on the west bank of the Yukon River. Teams will make a short steep climb up the river
These ready to use lessons and activities for reading and writing are a great way to get your students involved in reaching academic success the
For this lesson, students will take a look at what mushing was like before the Iditarod ever existed. Togo and Balto played integral roles in
When teams reach Eagle Island, they have covered about half of the miles they will be traveling on the Yukon River. In his Trail Notes,
Upon reaching Grayling, mushers and dogs have just covered 18 miles of the 148 mile leg of the Iditarod trail that runs up the frozen
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