Biography
John Baker, 55, was born and raised in Kotzebue, Alaska. He began mushing in 1995 and was interested in the Iditarod after watching the race in its early years. He ran his first Iditarod in 1996 and has been in every race since. He has 13 top ten Iditarod finishes, and became the first Iditarod champion from Northwest Alaska when he won the 2011 Iditarod, and the first Inupiat champion as well. Baker is a self-employed business owner and enjoys the rural Alaska life. He has a son, Alex, 29, a veteran of the Jr. Iditarod and daughter’s Tahayla, 16 and Amelia, 14. A commercial pilot, he says that his hobby is flying
2003 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/01 10:02:00 | 8 | |||||||||
| Campbel Airstrip (BLM) | 3/01 11:09:00 | 8 | 1h 7m | ||||||||
| Ruby | 3/03 10:00:00 | 16 | 317 | ||||||||
| Galena | 3/03 14:48:00 | 16 | 3/03 14:48:00 | 16 | 0h 0m | 4h 48m | 10.83 | 52 | |||
| Nulato | 3/04 00:29:00 | 16 | 3/04 05:00:00 | 16 | 4h 31m | 9h 41m | 5.37 | 52 | |||
| Kaltag 1 | 3/04 12:41:00 | 16 | 3/04 18:03:00 | 15 | 5h 22m | 7h 41m | 5.47 | 42 | |||
| Eagle Island 1 | 3/05 15:38:00 | 15 | 3/05 21:13:00 | 15 | 5h 35m | 21h 35m | 3.24 | 70 | |||
| Grayling 1 | 3/06 04:44:00 | 15 | 3/06 04:57:00 | 14 | 0h 13m | 7h 31m | 7.98 | 60 | |||
| Anvik | 3/06 17:18:00 | 14 | 3/06 17:30:00 | 13 | 0h 12m | 12h 21m | 1.46 | 18 | |||
| Grayling 2 | 3/06 22:29:00 | 13 | 3/08 00:35:00 | 12 | 26h 6m | 4h 59m | 3.61 |  |
18 | ||
| Eagle Island 2 | 3/08 09:11:00 | 12 | 3/08 17:25:00 | 12 | 8h 14m | 8h 36m | 6.98 | |
|
60 | |
| Kaltag 2 | 3/09 00:25:00 | 12 | 3/09 00:30:00 | 10 | 0h 5m | 7h 0m | 10.00 | |
|
70 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/09 03:05:00 | 10 | 3/09 06:10:00 | 10 | 3h 5m | 2h 35m | 34.84 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/09 09:30:00 | 10 | 3/09 10:10:00 | 10 | 0h 40m | 3h 20m | 12.60 | |
|
42 | |
| Koyuk | 3/09 23:03:00 | 10 | 3/09 23:13:00 | 10 | 0h 10m | 12h 53m | 3.73 | |
|
48 | |
| Elim | 3/10 10:22:00 | 10 | 3/10 16:00:00 | 10 | 5h 38m | 11h 9m | 4.30 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/11 03:05:00 | 10 | 3/11 06:25:00 | 10 | 3h 20m | 11h 5m | 4.15 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/11 12:24:00 | 10 | 3/11 19:55:00 | 9 | 7h 31m | 5h 59m | 9.19 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/12 03:02:00 | 9 | 3/12 07:40:00 | 8 | 4h 38m | 7h 7m | 3.09 | |
|
22 | |
