Musher’s Best Friend – It’s Obvious
The Iditarod leaders were camped out at the remote Cripple checkpoint late Thursday afternoon. Dallas Seavey still tops the standings, ahead of...
Meet musher Hanna Lyrek, the Iditarod rookie who’s racing closest to the front of the pack
While she’s a newbie to the Iditarod, Lyrek has already proven her mettle in long-distance dog mushing. At age 19, she won the 2019 600-kilometer Finnmarksløpet, one of the biggest races in Europe.
Trail Mix: An Iditarod reporter’s ambitious reading list
Trail Mix is Alaska Public Media's trail reporters' inside perspective on covering the Iditarod.
Whenever I travel, I bring something to read. Even...
INTERVIEW: Jeff King describes snowmachine attack
In the early hours of Saturday morning, Jeff King's dog team was attacked by a reckless snowmachiner. One of his dogs was killed, two are seriously injured. KNOM's Emily Schwing caught up with King in the Nulato checkpoint to find out what happened.
Covid (the dog), the secret weapon
Jason Mackey got his lead dog Covid from his brother Lance, who died in September.
Mackey’s On His Way To Yet Another Comeback
An early season win for Four-time Yukon Quest and Iditarod Champion Lance Mackey has the Fairbanks musher in good spirits. Mackey says his kennel is once again living up to its name and making a ‘Comeback.’
Iditapod bonus: Brent Sass interview in Nome
In this hour-long interview, we hear more from 2022 Iditarod champion Brent Sass about how he’s forged a unique bond with his dog team, how he draws inspiration from his idols like Susan Butcher, and how his life in his remote homestead has made him the musher he is. Alaska Public Media’s Lex Treinen sat down with Sass, along with a group of other reporters, and Sass’s dad Mark at the Nome Nugget newspaper in downtown Nome.
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...
Lance Mackey: Fan Favorite
They want his autograph.
On the photo they have taken.
On their Iditarod program.
On their sleeve.
They ask about his dogs. His strategy.
He smiles....
Iditarod Mushers Dealing with Extreme Cold snap
The leaders felt a swift drop in temperatures between Saturday night and Sunday morning as they pushed up the Yukon River to Kaltag.
Tim Bodony,...
How bad are the Iditarod trail moguls? Depends who you ask.
Iditarod officials had warned mushers that the trail into Nikolai would have the worst moguls in race history.
Zirkle Maintains Iditarod Lead; King Moving Up
Aliy Zirkle maintained her Iditarod lead Saturday morning racing in and out of Nulato. She was being trailed by Dallas Seavey and past winner Jeff King. Mitch Seavey, who was contending for the lead position on Friday, had fallen behind King. John Baker, last's year's champion, and Aaron Burmeister trailed Mitch Seavey.
Iditarod teams get some relief with ‘smooth and nice’ Yukon River trail
Mushers reported a hard and fast trail on the frozen Yukon River and temperatures below zero.
Iditapod: Taking 24-hour rests, as Aliy takes the lead
In this episode, we have a race update as mushers start to take their mandatory 24-hour rests at different checkpoints, part of the strategy...
While the coronavirus sidelines other sports, the Iditarod mushes on
In some ways, the Iditarod may be the ultimate form of social distancing. Teams travel hundreds of miles through remote, rural Alaska. But, along the way, they also stop at small communities that serve as race checkpoints. And some of those communities are concerned.
Mitch Seavey first to Kaltag, Brent Sass first out
Iditarod veteran Mitch Seavey was the first musher into Kaltag on Saturday morning, checking in at 7:41 a.m. But, as has been the case in the dash down the Yukon River, Brent Sass was the first one out.
Dallas Seavey Leading The Way To Shaktoolik
After a quick 5 minute stop in Unalakleet, reigning Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey took the lead and is on the way to Shaktoolik.
Iditapod: An abridged history of Alaska dog mushing and 2018 Iditarod
Ramping up our 2019 Iditarod coverage, we look back at the history of dog mushing in Alaska, the dawn of long-distance racing and... yes, we talk a little about last year's race.
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.
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.