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Iditapod: A new trio of elite women mushers

Alaska Public Media | By Casey Grove
Published March 14, 2019 at 5:37 PM AKDT
Third place Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race finisher Jessie Royer (left) talks with fourth place finisher Aliy Zirkle at the end of the 1,000-mile race in Nome on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. (Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media photo)
Third place Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race finisher Jessie Royer (left) talks with fourth place finisher Aliy Zirkle at the end of the 1,000-mile race in Nome on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. (Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media photo)

It happened, because Paige Drobny made it happen: The top 10 of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race includes three women for the first time ever. Fans of Drobny, Aliy Zirkle and Jessie Royer are ecstatic, as are some Bethel residents who were cheering on 2019 Iditarod champion Pete Kaiser. We hear from them in this episode, plus a lightning round of questions and... a couple special guests!
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Casey Grove
Casey Grove is host of Alaska News Nightly, a general assignment reporter and an editor at Alaska Public Media. Reach him at cgrove@alaskapublic.org.
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