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Iditapod bonus: Bridgett Watkins interview with Lex Treinen

A woman ina helmet and parka holds two dogs around her arms
Bridgett Watkins with her dogs Razz (left) and Jefe (Photo courtesy of Bridgett Watkins)

Editor's note: This extended interview discusses a violent encounter with a moose and might not be suitable for all listeners.

Alaska Public Media's Lex Treinen gets all the details of rookie Iditarod musher Bridgett Watkins' run-in with a moose while on a training run near Salcha, in Interior Alaska, in early February.

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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.