A Fiery Win For Russian Dog Musher
On March 27, Andrei Semashkin crossed a finish line in the village of Ossora and became this year’s champion of the Beringia dog sled race. He’d traveled 1,068 kilometers in 83 hours and 16 minutes. He looked sure of himself. In Ossora, there was no one who hadn’t expected his…
Kobuk 440 Started Thursday – Purse Tops $50,000
Mushers gathered their ganglines and checked them twice yesterday in Kotzebue for the start of the Kobuk 440.The Kobuk features 440 miles over arctic terrain starting in Kotzebue and stopping along the way in Noorvik, Selawik, Ambler, Shungnak, Kiana and Kobuk.Nine mushers are on the roster as of Tuesday for…
Husky Race Team Is Best In The Country
Four-legged friends from the Mendips have helped local husky-racers to be crowned the best in the country.Martin and Debbie Owen, from Priddy, race their home-bred huskies in competitions as far away as Scotland and even Germany.Following on from the World Championship Dryland Sled Dog Race in Borken, Germany, the couple…
Erharts Rule Minto Winter Carnival Races
Erharts took three of the top four spots as the Minto Winter Carnival sled dog race wrapped up Saturday afternoon.Carl Erhart posted the fastest time of the day (45 minutes, 48 seconds) for the second straight day to claim the title with a two-day time of 94 minutes, 20 seconds.He…
First Day of Minto Races in the Book
Fairbanks’ Jennifer Probert won the Minto Spring Carnival’s women’s sled dog race Thursday with a time of 33 minutes, 44 seconds.The race, which is 9.5 miles long, was ran in its entirety Thursday, while the men’s race, a 14-mile course, is completed in two days.Behind Probert, Chestochena’s Evelyn Beeter finished…
Musher Who Finished 30th in Iditarod Wins $39,000 Truck in Raffle
As it turned out, Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey isn’t the only musher who will end up driving away with a new Dodge 4×4 pickup truck after this year’s 1,000-mile race to Nome.Scott Janssen of Anchorage, who finished 39th two weeks ago in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, found out…
Former Quaker, Aliy Zirkle, Finshes Second in 2012 Iditarod
Aliy Zirkle, C’92, one of the top throwers in Penn women’s track and field history, finished second at the 2012 Iditarod on March 14. Zirkle nearly became the first woman in two decades to win the sled dog race across Alaska.”Aliy was one of the most amazing young athletes I…
Demo Caps Iditarod Unit
Students at Jefferson Middle School had the opportunity to enjoy the nice weather and see sled dogs in action Wednesday afternoon.Students on Jefferson Middle School’s Team Timberwolf capped off a lesson about Iditarods with a live demonstration.Andrea DiMaio, dog trainer, brought her two rescue Siberian huskies, Basha and Tamu, to…
Alaska Driving Tour Provides Fantastic Winter Vacation for South Floridians
PORT ST. LUCIE — Fairbanks, Alaska, is similar to Key West — at 20 below zero. During the annual North American Championship dog-sled races, Fairbanks is full of unusual characters: miners, mushers, Indians, Eskimos, Asian tourists, and one South Floridian who wanted to see the northern lights so badly that…
And The Plaque Came Back
Call him thoughtful or caring, unselfish or sweet, Maureen Clark says. Just don’t call the man who, uh, borrowed the plaque honoring her grandmother a thief.”I don’t want him to be left in an unfavorable light, because he did return it,” said Clark, whose family owns Clark’s Trading Post in…