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Apayauq Reitan

Bib Number: 39
Hometown: Kaktovik, Alaska
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Biography

I have been mushing since four years old at the tourism kennel my family had in Narjordet, Norway. I went to school in Norway and traveled to Kaktovik, Alaska in the summers. I ran the Femund Jr 220km twice when I was 15 and 16 years old. I ran qualifying races in 2017; the Knik 200, Copper Basin 300, Two Rivers 200 and Kobuk 440. I drove a snow machine to Nome then mushed our dogs from Nome to Kaktovik after my dad Ketil Reitan finished the Iditarod. It was nice to visit all the different villages along our route. I ran the Yukon Quest and Iditarod in 2019 as a rookie, the third person to run both 1,000-mile races in the same year as a rookie.
I spent a year at Sund Folk school for photography and have gone to the Norwegian School of photography for the past two years, hoping to make a living from photography and photo tour guiding. I am a captain of a polar bear viewing boat in Kaktovik.

Sponsors

Kaktovik Tours


2019 Standings

Checkpoint Time In Dogs In Time Out Dogs Out Rest Time Previous Layover Status Distance
Enroute Time Speed (mph) 8hr 24hr
Willow 3/03 15:14:00 14
Yentna 3/03 19:42:00 14 3/03 20:34:00 14 0h 52m 4h 28m 9.40 42
Skwentna 3/04 00:09:00 14 3/04 05:36:00 14 5h 27m 3h 35m 8.37 30
Finger Lake 3/04 10:50:00 14 3/04 15:11:00 14 4h 21m 5h 14m 7.64 40
Rainy Pass 3/04 20:06:00 14 3/05 05:43:00 13 9h 37m 4h 55m 6.10 30
Rohn 3/05 10:11:00 13 3/05 13:05:00 13 2h 54m 4h 28m 7.84 35
Nikolai 3/06 01:05:00 13 3/06 09:02:00 13 7h 57m 12h 0m 6.25 75
McGrath 3/06 18:53:00 13 3/06 18:56:00 13 0h 3m 9h 51m 4.87 48
Takotna 3/06 21:59:00 13 3/07 22:29:00 13 24h 30m 3h 3m 5.90 ✔ 18
Ophir 3/08 01:30:00 13 3/08 01:37:00 13 0h 7m 3h 1m 7.62 ✔ 23
Iditarod 3/08 17:22:00 13 3/09 04:58:00 13 11h 36m 15h 45m 5.08 ✔ 80
Shageluk 3/09 11:15:00 13 3/09 16:40:00 13 5h 25m 6h 17m 8.75 ✔ 55
Anvik 3/09 20:14:00 13 3/09 20:17:00 13 0h 3m 3h 34m 7.01 ✔ 25
Grayling 3/09 22:51:00 13 3/10 05:20:00 13 5h 29m 2h 34m 7.01 ✔ 18
Eagle Island 3/10 15:15:00 13 3/11 04:08:00 13 12h 53m 9h 55m 6.25 ✔ ✔ 62
Kaltag 3/11 14:58:00 13 3/12 00:55:00 13 9h 57m 10h 50m 5.54 ✔ ✔ 60
Unalakleet 3/12 17:05:00 13 3/13 01:51:00 13 8h 46m 16h 10m 5.26 ✔ ✔ 85
Shaktoolik 3/13 09:20:00 13 3/13 13:33:00 13 4h 13m 7h 29m 5.35 ✔ ✔ 40
Koyuk 3/13 22:28:00 13 3/14 06:38:00 13 8h 10m 8h 55m 5.61 ✔ ✔ 50
Elim 3/14 13:07:00 13 3/14 19:02:00 12 5h 55m 6h 29m 7.40 ✔ ✔ 48
White Mountain 3/15 02:16:00 12 3/15 10:16:00 12 8h 0m 7h 14m 6.36 ✔ ✔ 46
Safety 3/15 17:22:00 12 3/15 17:27:00 12 0h 5m 7h 6m 7.75 ✔ ✔ 55
Nome 3/15 20:15:17 12 2h 48m 7.86 ✔ ✔ 22