Biography
Bjørnar Andersen, 31, was born in Oslo. He moved to where he is now because of his wife and better training conditions. Bjørnar began mushing in 1991 when he was 13. He has won all the distance races in Norway. He placed fourth in the 2005 Iditarod and is the only rookie to place in the top five since Harry Sutherland placed third in 1976. Bjørnar works as a refrigeration mechanic. He is entering the Iditarod because "I like wildlife together with dogs and competition. I like traveling with my dogs." Bjørnar is married to Lill and they have a one year old son, Marius.
Sponsors
Eukanuba | Sana Bygg |
Awards
Rookie of the Year
2005 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/05 10:00:00 | 12 | 3/05 11:41:00 | 12 | 1h 41m | ||||||
| Campbell Airstrip | 3/05 12:38:00 | 12 | 0h 57m | ||||||||
| Willow | 3/06 14:00:00 | 16 | 3/06 15:30:00 | 16 | 1h 30m | 59 | |||||
| Yentna | 3/06 19:25:00 | 16 | 16 | 3h 55m | 11.49 | 45 | |||||
| Skwentna | 3/06 22:24:00 | 16 | 16 | 34 | |||||||
| Finger Lake | 3/07 09:14:00 | 16 | 3/07 09:16:00 | 16 | 0h 2m | 45 | |||||
| Rainy Pass | 3/07 12:46:00 | 16 | 3/07 17:14:00 | 16 | 4h 28m | 3h 30m | 8.57 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/07 22:19:00 | 16 | 3/08 06:24:00 | 16 | 8h 5m | 5h 5m | 9.44 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/08 15:07:00 | 16 | 3/08 21:21:00 | 15 | 6h 14m | 8h 43m | 10.67 | 93 | |||
| McGrath | 3/09 03:22:00 | 15 | 3/09 03:24:00 | 15 | 0h 2m | 6h 1m | 7.98 | 48 | |||
| Takotna | 3/09 05:43:00 | 15 | 3/10 06:49:00 | 15 | 25h 6m | 2h 19m | 9.93 |  |
23 | ||
| Ophir | 3/10 09:00:00 | 15 | 3/10 09:07:00 | 15 | 0h 7m | 2h 11m | 17.40 | |
38 | ||
| Iditarod | 3/10 23:05:00 | 15 | 3/11 07:00:00 | 15 | 7h 55m | 13h 58m | 6.44 | |
90 | ||
| Shageluk | 3/11 15:09:00 | 15 | 3/11 23:10:00 | 15 | 8h 1m | 8h 9m | 7.98 | |
|
65 | |
| Anvik | 3/12 02:37:00 | 15 | 3/12 02:38:00 | 15 | 0h 1m | 3h 27m | 7.25 | |
|
25 | |
| Grayling | 3/12 05:48:00 | 15 | 3/12 12:10:00 | 15 | 6h 22m | 3h 10m | 5.68 | |
|
18 | |
| Eagle Island | 3/12 19:51:00 | 15 | 3/13 02:00:00 | 14 | 6h 9m | 7h 41m | 7.81 | |
|
60 | |
| Kaltag | 3/13 09:00:00 | 14 | 3/13 14:46:00 | 13 | 5h 46m | 7h 0m | 10.00 | |
|
70 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/14 01:01:00 | 13 | 3/14 07:09:00 | 11 | 6h 8m | 10h 15m | 8.78 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/14 12:33:00 | 11 | 3/14 17:25:00 | 10 | 4h 52m | 5h 24m | 7.41 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/14 22:26:00 | 10 | 3/15 02:25:00 | 10 | 3h 59m | 5h 1m | 11.56 | |
|
58 | |
| Elim | 3/15 08:33:00 | 10 | 3/15 08:37:00 | 10 | 0h 4m | 6h 8m | 7.83 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/15 15:49:00 | 10 | 3/15 23:49:00 | 9 | 8h 0m | 7h 12m | 6.39 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/16 06:57:00 | 9 | 3/16 06:59:00 | 9 | 0h 2m | 7h 8m | 7.71 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/16 09:50:38 | 9 | 2h 51m | 7.72 | |
|
22 | ||||
