Huslia Program Gets Kids Mushing
The Junior North American sled dog championships are underway in North Pole. Among young mushers competing is a group of middle and high school students who flew in with their dogs from an interior village to race.Read more here: http://www.alaskapublic.org/2013/02/28/huslia-program-gets-kids-mushing/
Iditarod 2013: Previewing the World’s Best-Known Sled Dog Race
This much we know: the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race will be an adventure for each musher and his (or her) dogs. Whether the musher is a rookie or a former champion, stories will be told afterward about the challenges faced during the next 10-17 days.The race, being run for…
A Tech Twist with the Sled Dogs: Students Help CopperDog 150 with Stats & Video
Leave it to students from Michigan Technological University to up the ante on an already exciting race. Two teams of students are lending their talents to the CopperDog 150 Sled Dog Race in the Keweenaw this weekend.One team will focus on real-time statistics; the other will help provide near-live videostreaming…
Russian Explorer Konyukhov Starts Training for Dog Sled Expedition
Russian explorer Fyodor Konyukhov has started preparations for an unprecedented dog sled expedition from the North Pole to southern Greenland.The training will be held in in the republic of Karelia in Russia’s north-west for several weeks. During the training Konyukhov and his co-traveler Viktor Simonov will master the art of…
Banquet Gives Iditarod Hopefuls Last Time to Size Up Competition
While the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race might be defined by booties and fur-rimmed parkas, the banquet can be a different beast all together. There are still Carhartts and Bunny Boots and plenty of polar fleece pull-overs, but among the usual is the unusual. Take for instance the “Distance Divas”…
2013 Iditarod Start Order
1 Jan Newton – 2013 Honorary Musher 2 Martin Buser 3 Scott Janssen 4 Jodi Bailey 5 Lance Mackey 6 Ken Anderson 7 Michelle Phillips 8 Newton Marshall 9 Kelley Griffin 10 Peter Kaiser 11 Paul Gebhardt 12 Jason Mackey, Sr. 13 John Baker 14 Paige Drobny 15 Charley Bejna…
Laconia: NH Sled Dog Race Begins After 2 Delays
A sled dog race that was postponed twice due to unfavorable weather finally got under way Friday, with teams competing over three days for more than $20,000 in prize money.The World Championship Sled Dog Derby originally was scheduled for the weekend of Feb. 8 but was postponed to Feb. 22…
Western Springs Veterinarian to work Iditarod 2013 Sled Dog Race
Dr. Kathleen Fauth of Western Springs has been selected to be a trail veterinarian for the 2013 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, which covers about 1,000 miles from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska.The race will start March 2.Forty-five volunteer veterinarians will move along the trail to Nome, which typically takes 14-15…
Six Peninsula Mushers to Tackle Iditarod
Six Kenai Peninsula mushers are registered to compete in the 2013 Iditarod Sled Dog Race including a former champion and a rookie.The race’s ceremonial start will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday on 4th Avenue in Anchorage. The race restart is 2 p.m. in Willow on Sunday.Longtime veterans Paul Gebhardt, of…
New Yorker to Lead Iditarod Racers to Starting Line
When the annual Iditarod sled-dog race begins Saturday, the winner of the Jr. Iditarod will serve as the honorary musher, as is customary, leading the racers 12 miles in a ceremonial start. For the first time ever, the young honoree wearing “Bib #1” comes from outside Alaska.Read more here: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/01/us-usa-iditarod-junior-idUSBRE9200LT20130301