No Kennel Cough Shot? No Race.
For the first time, Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race officials are requiring all dogs in the race to be vaccinated for kennel cough.Symptoms of the bug, a highly infectious upper respiratory infection, include a dry honking cough, gagging and retching. In serious cases, the illness can lead to pneumonia and…
Nunavut-Produced Series Brings Dog Sled Race To Life
Captured on film, the starting line of the 2010 Nunavut Quest race is a frenzy of cheering fans, barking dogs and the scenic backdrop of Pond Inlet.If you missed the event — or any Nunavut Quest race for that matter — Piksuk Media Inc. will bring the action to you…
Iditarod 2012: 5 Things To Know About ‘The Last Great Race on Earth’
Saturday, March 4 marks the start of the Iditarod 2012 when mushers from around the world will embark on a 1,150-mile trail of some of the roughest, most beautiful terrain Mother Nature has to offer. The Iditarod dog sled race will follow the Northern Route (map) this year, starting in…
Iditarod Wish Granted To Texan Boy
Make-A-Wish Foundation® partners with Donlin Gold to grantAlaska Iditarod experience to Texan boy WHO & WHAT: Nathan is a nine-year-old boy who is living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Despite his medical condition, Nathan has a true love for sports, animals, and spending time with his friends and family. However, most…
Northwood ABC 3rd, 4th, 5th Graders Mush To Millenium
Anchorage, Alaska – Monday, February 27, 2012 – In partnership with the Millennium Hotel, Northwood ABC 3rd, 4th and 5th graders will be “Mushing to the Millennium.” School officials would like to cordially invite parents, friends and neighbors to line the street on the Spenard end of Aspen Drive, and…
Iditarod Champion Trains His Dogs In Isolation
Try training for it 33 miles north of the Arctic Circle. That’s where John Baker lives, in Kotzebue, Alaska, where February’s average high temperature is 3 degrees and daylight hours dwindle to zero in December, when he trains his dogs by headlamp.Baker, 49, lives the farthest north of all 66…
Kaneland Sixth Grader Gets To Ride In Iditarod
Sixth grader Olivia Goodenough has dreamed of riding with sled dogs in the Iditarod Race through the Alaskan wilderness. Now, her dream of being on the sled, behind a team of barking dogs eager to run the rugged historic trail is about to become a reality.“I’ll probably be thinking how…
Rick Steves: The Iditarod: My Sister, Jan Steves, Mushes With The Best Dog Racers in the World
Because my parents imported pianos from Germany, our family traveled there when I was a kid. They took me — the eldest son — to Europe first. The next year, it was my younger sister Jan’s turn. But she opted to go to music camp instead. So I got to…
Bozeman Teen Takes Fifth in Junior Iditarod
Sixteen-year-old Jenny Greger of Bozeman placed fifth in the Junior Iditarod in Alaska on Sunday.“She was the youngest non-Alaskan and the highest female,” her mom, Cara Greger, said Monday.Read more here: http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/article_7c154d6c-61a2-11e1-8e4f-0019bb2963f4.html
Sled Dogs to Saint Paul
Frank Moe loves northern Minnesota. Frank and his wife, Sherri live in Grand Marais, where he continues his 20-year career as a guide. Whether it’s canoeing in the Boundary Waters, sea kayaking on Lake Superior, introducing climbers to Carleton Peak, or leading a group of ice climbers up the Cascade…