Mushers Helping Support Care for Autistic Children in Bush
Parents caring for autistic children face challenges anywhere they live, but in rural Alaska, where a child can wander into angers not faced...
Hugh Neff scratches from Iditarod halfway into the race
Neff said he was given the choice of being disqualified or scratching because of concerns from veterinarians about his dogs.
Halverson Wins Red Lantern
Photo and Story by Diana Haecker, APRN – Nome
With the arrival of Ellen Halverson in Nome, the 2011 Iditarod trail sled dog...
New Mushing Magazine Owners Plan to Grow Coverage
Robert and Michele Forto will continue to publish the print magazine while expanding online offerings.
Mitch Seavey Out of Race
Annie Feidt, APRN – Anchorage & Anchorage Daily News
Former Iditarod Champion Mitch Seavey is out of the race. Race marshal Mark Nordman...
Iditarod teams contend with frigid temperatures and sleep deprivation heading to the coast
The mushers are adding clothing to themselves and their dogs to stay warm in subzero windchills.
Iditarod Leaders Pull Into Manley Hot Springs
Girdwood's Nicolas Petit pulled into Manley Hot Springs just after 3 a.m. Tuesday, with Martin Buser, Hugh Neff, DeeDee Jonrowe and Aaron Burmeister less than two hours behind. The competition in this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race can only be described as stiff. There are six returning champions and a handful of other mushers vying for a top-10 finish. But, mushers are all feeling a little new to the race as they travel down an unfamiliar, rerouted trail.
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Rick Swenson Withdraws From Iditarod
Rick Swenson won't make the trip to Nome this year. Race officaials say Swenson withdrew from the Iditarod on Thursday. Swenson, the only five-time champion in the history of the race, cited personal reasons.
Iditarod adjusts Robert Redington’s rest schedule after mistaken early release
Iditarod officials are adding 50 minutes to Wasilla musher Robert Redington’s Yukon River layover after he was inadvertently allowed to leave the Nikolai checkpoint...
An angry moose and bare ground mark a brutal first quarter for Iditarod teams
Dallas Seavey recounts his moose encounter as his team rested at the checkpoint in Nikolai, about 250 miles into the 1,000-mile race.
Iditapod: Heartbreak for Petit as team quits on the coast
The team of Girdwood musher Nicolas Petit stalled on the edge of Norton Bay, allowing Bethel's Pete Kaiser to race past, as well as several others. Petit had been leading for most of the race, and Monday afternoon, it was still uncertain if he'd even finish. We hear from Petit, and we hear from Kaiser who now might be set up to win his first Iditarod. That, plus explanations of Mushergrams, Teacher on the Trail and... whatever happened to Pilot Rob?
Iditapod: Run, rest, eat and repeat
In this episode, we hear from Iditarod mushers in the midst of their required 24-hour layovers and from our current Red Lantern musher. We also have a chat with a former top 10 musher who’s returning to the race and running a team of mostly rookie dogs, plus a look at the Iditarod's new pilot program for tracking dropped dogs. And as always we have our Dog of the Day -- not a new dog but a dog who got a new name -- and a listener question with answers from several mushers this time. (Hint: This one might make you hungry).
Dallas Seavey first into White Mountain
Reigning Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey is the first musher into White Mountain. He checked in at 9.48 a.m. Monday for the mandatory 8-hour layover at the checkpoint before continuing on the final 77 miles to Nome by way of Safety.
Iditarod disqualifies former champion Brent Sass amid sex assault allegations
The Iditarod board voted unanimously on Thursday to disqualify former champion Brent Sass after allegations made in November and recent questions from Alaska Public Media, the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica. Sass has denied the claims.
King, Zirkle Leave White Mountain
Iditarod mushers Jeff King and Aliy Zirkle are on the final stretch into Nome. King left the White Mountain checkpoint after eight hours of mandatory rest at 3:02 this afternoon. Zirkle followed just under an hour later. Dallas Seavey will leave about two hours behind Zirkle and his father Mitch will leave about two hours after that.
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As Iditarod has changed, so has its relationship with its Native roots, mushers say
Fewer than ten mushers out of the 67 competing in this year’s Iditarod are Alaska Native. The only Inupiaq musher to win the Iditarod, John Baker of Kotzebue, is not racing this year, so it now falls to other competitors to bring home the championship. Listen now
Jeff King on PETA and past Iditarod protests
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals or PETA plans to protest the start of the race in Anchorage tomorrow morning. Former Iditarod champion Jeff King sat down with Lori Townsend recently to talk about the race, his career and his feelings about the animal rights activists who are against racing sled dogs. Listen now
Aaron Burmeister first Iditarod musher to reach Nikolai, while Brent Sass is first to dash out
The race started Sunday in Willow. The winner is expected sometime early next week in Nome, on Alaska’s western coast.
Iditapod: A look back at the 2017 Iditarod
In Episode 1, we take a look back at the 2017 Iditarod and hear some of the boots-on-the-ground perspective on Mitch Seavey's record-breaking speed, the physical toll on his son Dallas Seavey and more from our reporters on the trail: Alaska Public Media's Zachariah Hughes and Ben Matheson, who was working for Nome radio station KNOM.
Five Indigenous mushers set to compete in 2023 Iditarod despite rising costs
First climate change and now financial worries are forcing some competitors to stay off the trail this year.