Happy 4th of July
Happy 4th of July everyone. Here in Fairbanks it is hot hot hot. I hope it is warm wherever you are in the world. Have a happy and safe holiday, and remember if you are in a bushfire area, take extra precautions to avoid any wildfires.
IFSS Announces 2007 Dryland World Championship
The International Federation of Sleddog Sports (IFSS) will hold its 2007 Dryland World Championship November 17-18, 2007, in Piandelagotti, Italy. Piandelagotti is located about 120 km southwest of Bologna. The event will be hosted by Italy’s federation, Federazione Italiana Musher e Sleddog Sport (FIMSS). Categories to be offered will include…
IFSS Votes New Legal Commission
By a vote of its membership on May 29, 2007, the International Federation of Sleddog Sports (IFSS) has a new Legal Commission. The new commission is comprised of Alessandra Baracetti of Italy, Gunnar Johnson of the USA, and Lana Paul of New Zealand.All licensed to practice law in their respective…
RUNYAN JOURNALS: SPRING CAMP
Contemplating, while driving dogs in the warmth of spring, the pastel subdued sun of winter, now yellow and prominent, the absurd notion that one could live a subsistence life—and survive—was proposed by my trapping partner, Freddie Jordan.Only Freddie had the vision, the knowledge, and the worldview which would permit such…
HUDSON BAY QUEST 2007
“If only I had a qamutik…” Racing at the Edge of the ArcticThe temperatures were above zero, unusually warm for the Arctic, when fourteen mushers from Nunavut, Manitoba, Quebec and Saskatchewan lined up at the start line in Arviat, Nunavut for the 4th annual Hudson Bay Quest on Saturday, March…
2007 UP200
Excitement and anticipation filled the air the weekend of February 16th-18th as Marquette, Michigan began preparations for the UP200 Sled Dog Race.During the early dawn hours of Friday and into the afternoon, crews were busy hauling truckloads of snow into downtown to cover the main street and convert it into…
SUPERDOGS: TERRY AND BLAYNE STREEPER
In this second installment of our “Super Dogs” series we take a look at the world-class sprint dogs of Blayne and Terry Streeper. Shown on the next pages are many of the dogs on the Streeper team that not only won the Anchorage Fur Rondy World Championships this year, but…
THE TOK EXPERIENCE 2007
At the end of March sprint teams from all over the world converge in the village of Tok for the grand finale in sprint mushing. This Gala affair is looked forward to with much anticipation throughout the year. This year we were privileged to have our daughter and grandson travel…
THE CANADIAN ESKIMO DOG IS BATTLING EXTINCTION
“Don’t go too close to these dogs. These are no pets,” warns Brian Ladoon, founder of the Canadian Eskimo Dog Foundation, as he leads me around his dog yard, home to 120 Canadian Eskimo Dogs – one third of the world’s population of registered purebreds. There is something different about…
SPRING BREAK: ALASKA STYLE
Mushing: if you have a job you don’t have any time, if you quit your job, you don’t have any money. Unless, you’re winning races. I gave that a shot, but it didn’t work out so I had to keep my job. I was a teacher in a tiny village…