Dallas Seavey First to White Mountain
Dallas Seavey kept his lead in the Iditarod and was first into White Mountain just after midnight Tuesday morning. Aliy Zirkle who had competed for the lead much of the race was second into White Mountain arriving about 1:25 am. Ramey Smyth, who climbed into contention on Monday, was third. Aarron Burmeister was fourth. Peter Kaiser was just outside of White Mountain on Tuesday morning and in fifth place.
Hungry, angry and aggressive moose put mushers on high alert before Iditarod
Heavy rain and snow have forced moose onto dog trails resulting in several harrowing encounters.
King, First In To Ruby, Leads Iditarod
Jeff King was the first Iditarod musher to reach the Yukon River, pulling into Ruby at 3:08 this morning after the 100...
Fur Rondy Kicks Off In Anchorage
The 77th Fur Rendezvous kicked off Friday in Anchorage. One of the main events was the start of the Open World Championship Sled Dog Race. KSKA’s Daysha Eaton was there and chatted with some of the people attending.
Dallas Seavey Wins 2012 Iditarod
Dallas Seavey has won the 2012 Iditarod, crossing the finish line in Nome just before 7:30 p.m. this evening. Aliy Zirkle is about five miles outside of Nome and is being chased by Ramey Smyth around five miles behind her.
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,...
Titan, of golden lineage
“He’s a sweet boy," Dallas Seavey said of Titan. "There’s a lot of things I love about him."
Schnuelle first out of Rainy Pass in tight Iditarod leader pack
Two-time defending Iditarod champion Lance Mackey led the way into the Rainy Pass checkpoint at 11:34 this morning. Norwegian Bjornar Anderson followed more than...
Homemade Treats Await Mushers
Photo by Ellen Lockyer, KSKA - Anchorage
So far, each of the three mushers who have made it to McGrath, as of 8:08pm Tuesday have...
Warmth and Illness Slowing Lead Teams; Buser Up Front
Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage and Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
It's become a Martin Buser style race, with teams taking their twenty...
Zirkle Bolts Ruby With Iditarod Lead; Buser Follows
Aliy Zirkle took the lead in the 2014 Iditarod early Friday morning leaving Ruby almost two hours ahead of Martin Buser who also took off from Ruby Friday. Both mushers dropped dogs at the layover and were racing with 14 dogs.
Iditarod Field Notes #4
Blog and Photos by Ellen Lockyer, KSKA - Anchorage
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King pulled up at 6:29 am with 13 dogs They got bedded down in deep...
‘Iditarod Adventures, Tales from Mushers Along the Trail’ Documents Race Stories
A new book, out just in time for this year's race, documents stories of the Iditarod. Lew Freedman, a former Anchorage Daily News reporter and author of numerous other books on Iditarod legends, gets people who race or love and support the race, to tell their own stories. The book is called Iditarod Adventures, Tales from Mushers Along the Trail. Freedman starts with Martin Buser. He says he's had a question he's wanted to ask Buser since 1991.
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Trail Mix: McGrath’s Iditarod auction
Iditarod is far more than dog racing. Small Alaska communities celebrate the arrival of longer days and the people in the community. McGrath hosts an auction fundraiser each year when the Iditarod rolls through to raise money for a local organization and a family in need.
KNOM’s Emily Schwing stopped into the bar Tuesday night to get a first hand look at what the auction is all about.
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Iditapod: Iditarod gets back on track
Iditapod is back for the 50th running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Host Casey Grove and fellow Alaska Public Media reporters Tegan Hanlon, Lex Treinen and Jeff Chen discuss last year's pandemic-altered Iditarod, some of the mid-distance sled dog races this season, as well as COVID-19 protocols (and already a scratch/switcheroo), scary moose encounters and the heartwarming story of an unlikely Iditarod dog.
For those mushing the Iditarod trail, the ultimate form of social distancing, coronavirus news begins to trickle in
As news of emergency measures and coronavirus closures spreads, there’s at least one group of people that is almost totally in the dark: Iditarod mushers.
Zirkle Leads Baker out of McGrath
Aliy Zirkle maintained her slight lead over defending Iditarod champion John Baker Tuesday night. Both arrived in McGrath about 30 minutes apart. The two leaders spent only a few minutes in McGrath and then headed back onto the trail. Zirkle is racing with 16 dogs. Baker had dropped two from his team.
John Schandelmeier says he’s learning along with his dogs after entering the Iditarod in a last-minute switch with his wife
Some Iditarod sled dog teams were already on the trail last week when John Schandelmeier decided to run this year’s race to Nome. It might be the latest musher swap in race history.
Noah Pereira Claims Junior Iditarod Crown
Noah Pereira from New York state won the Junior Iditarod yesterday. The 16-year-old is a dog handler for Iditarod champ Dallas Seavey. Coming in second four minutes behind was Conway Seavey.
Iditapod: Halfway there, fully committed
Iditarod mushers and their dog teams are now either in the middle of their mandatory 24-hour layovers or back out on the trail, if they opted to do that earlier. We've got the frontrunners at the Cripple checkpoint, as well as a chat with the folks who 24ed in McGrath, now making up the chase pack. There's also an old-timer for our Dog of the Day, a couple listener questions about how to get into dog mushing and, related, what it means to be a handler.