Mushers Talk Trail Tunes
Match the Musher with his/her playlist preferences:
1) Justin Savidis
2) Zack Steer
3) Martin Buser
4) Kristy Berington
5) Hugh Neff
A) Van Halen
B) Classic Rock
C) Hobo Jim
D) Michael...
Iditapod bonus: Bridgett Watkins interview with Lex Treinen
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.
Beloved Iditarod figure William ‘Middy’ Johnson dies in Unalakleet
William "Middy" Johnson, 53, was a life-long musher who ran the Last Great Race before taking over his town's checkpoint.
Halverson Wins Iditarod Red Lantern
Photo and Story by Diana Haecker, APRN - Nome
The red lantern has arrived in Nome. Race official Leo Rasmussen made the announcement yesterday morning...
Iditapod bonus: Thomas Waerner wins 2020 Iditarod
This is a quick report from our morning radio coverage of the Iditarod. It's called a radio module, and it details Norwegian musher Thomas Waerner winning the 2020 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race at 12:37 a.m. Wednesday, March 18. Waerner's team logged a time of 9 days, 10 hours, 37 minutes and 47 seconds.
Iditarod Start: From Snow Level
You can hear the dogs coming a block or two away, even at a slow pace during the start of the Iditarod.
Here's what they...
Iditarod mushers say the trail to Nikolai was so smooth that it even put some of them to sleep
The roughly 80-mile stretch from Rohn to Nikolai usually has has some of the worst trail conditions anywhere along the 1,000-mile route. But not this year.
Iditarod Morning: March 13, 2009
Lance Mackey's powerful team has pulled way ahead of everybody else in the Iditarod. He's showing what his team can do. But other prior...
Push or pause? Near Iditarod’s mid-point, mushers decide when to rest
It’s break time on the Iditarod trail, as teams hunker down for 24 hours of uninterrupted rest along the Yukon River or consider pushing down the trail to a later checkpoint. As the race approaches the halfway point mushers try to plan how to get the most from their tactical breaks. Listen now
LISTEN: Iditarod front-runner Jessie Royer tells the story of how her sled caught fire
Jessie Royer has been running at the front of the pack in this year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, even with a sled fire.
And they’re off: Iditarod teams start their 1,000-mile dash to Nome
Some mushers were trying to calm their nerves Sunday, and others had nerves of steel.
Mushers Share the Scoop as the Iditarod Begins
Video by Joshua Tucker, APRN - Anchorage
We were able to follow along and talk with musher Billy Snodgrass as he worked to prepare his...
Iditarod unlikely to start in Fairbanks, officials say
Fairbanks officials say the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is unlikely to start in the borough this year.
Thursday’s Three to Read: catch up on Iditarod 44
Halfway to Nome, teams’ locations on the map are just dots, or perhaps more appropriately, asterisks. The question this morning is not “where are...
Before first light, lead Iditarod teams pull into Finger Lake checkpoint
Finger Lake is about 125 miles into the 1,000-mile race.
Low snow causes havoc again with Iditarod
Another low snow year in Alaska is playing havoc with the world's most famous sled dog race, at least for the start.
Jeff King takes Iditarod lead mushing toward Ruby
Denali musher Jeff King, so far, is the lone musher to push through Cripple toward the Ruby. The 4-time Iditarod champion spent four hours in the Cripple checkpoint, before heading down the trail at 3:05 a.m. today.
Iditarod punishes 3 mushers for sheltering dogs in windstorm
Mille Porsild of Denmark, Michelle Phillips of Canada and Riley Dyche of Fairbanks were penalized for taking dogs inside shelter cabins to ride out the storm with winds so strong, they whipped up white-out conditions.
The rich mushing legacy of Huslia
Huslia is hosting the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race for the second time ever. The Interior village is rich in mushing history as it is the home of the late sprint champion musher George Attla Junior and other top names in Alaska dog racing. And as elite teams pass through the home of mushing royalty, local dog drivers are looking ahead to the next generation of mushers. Listen now
Iditarod loses another major, long-time sponsor
The Anchorage Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram dealership is the Iditarod's second top sponsor to drop its financial support of the race this month.