For Rookie Musher, Iditarod Proves Painful but Good Experience
As Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race rookie Chrstine Roalofs from Anchorage mushed down Nome’s Front Street on Sunday, collecting the traditional red lantern and bringing the last great race to an end, the sad story of another rookie musher who didn’t make it was finally starting to emerge.In what might…
Unanticipated Adventures Flying Home from Iditarod Trail
We are safely home and snug in the big city of Anchorage. All of us — your pilot scribes and our two journalists — feel a bit wiser for the experiences of the last 10 days, as well as humbled. The kindness of strangers was overwhelming. Visits with friends scattered…
Iditarod XLI: Rookie Christine Roalofs Captures Red Lantern Award
The Iditarod XLI Trail Sled Dog Race finished on Sunday, March 17 with the last remaining teams checking into Nome with rookie Christine Roalofs capturing the Red Lantern award.Mitch Seavey, this year’s winner, pulled into the burled arch on Tuesday night, winning his second championship, in 9 days, 7 hours,…
Sled Dog Racer Conquers Finnmarksløpet
Thomas Wærner, a 40-year-old musher from the mountains of Synnfjell in Oppland County, relished weekend celebrations after he logged what commentators called a decisive victory in this year’s 1,000-kilometer Finnmarksløpet, the long-distance sled dog race over much of Finnmark County in northern Norway.Wærner rode back into the far northern city…
Arleigh Reynolds of Salcha Wins 2013 ONAC!
With his hand thrust in the air and cheers echoing up and down Second Avenue in downtown Fairbanks, Salcha veterinarian Arleigh Reynolds reached the pinnacle of sprint mushing success Sunday afternoon by winning the GCI Open North American Championship sled dog race for the first time in his illustrious career.“It’s…
2013 Open North American – GCI Coverage – Day 2
2013 Open North American – GCI Coverage – Day 2See video recap of Day 2 of the 2013 Open North American!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyri6GhFoLA&feature=youtu.be
2013 Open North American – GCI Coverage – Day 1
2013 Open North American – GCI Coverage – Day 1See video recap of Day 1 of the 2013 Open North American!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgGOHhj2Szs&feature=share&list=UUj1UjbeSeIn1dyASonVFDig
GCI Open North American Championship Sled Dog Race Off to Good Start
The weather was delightful, the trail had mushers in the GCI Open North American Championship Sled dog race raving and the speeds put up had teams moving in the 20 mph range and faster.The top four teams are within 49.3 seconds of each other after the first 20-mile heat of…
Alaska Community Honors Every Iditarod Finisher
The winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has come under the burled arch in this western Alaska outpost, but that’s just the beginning for this community, where every musher to finish the race gets a hero’s welcome.The town’s sirens blare when each of the more than four dozen…
Thrilling Iditarod to Remember Rewards Determined Mushers with Patience
Iditarod front-runner Mitch Seavey arrived in White Mountain Tuesday determined to give his all on the final 77-mile push to the finish in Nome. Second into White Mountain was Aliy Zirkle. She and her team arrived in the coastal village only 13 minutes behind Mitch, but gaining on him, having…