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The spring break program is available to high school students age 16 and older. Accuracy with a Skilsaw is part of the course.

Kaktovik dog musher Apayauq Reitan, the first out trans woman to compete in the Iditarod, talks to Iditapod colleague and Alaska Public Media contributor Shady Grove Oliver - originally for a piece in the Guardian newspaper - about Reitan's goals for this year's race, what it's like to mush dogs, her Alaska Native culture, coming out as trans and a lot more.

Our Iditapod crew gets caught up - to get you caught up - as sled dog teams in the 2022 Iditarod race through the third full day of mushing the 1,000-mile trail. We'll hear about some of the most technically difficult sections and get an update on who is where... for now. We'll also hear from mushers Aaron Burmeister and Apayauq Reitan, among others, and we also have a bully of a Dog of the Day and a listener question about how to find the trail (because sometimes it's not so obvious).

One musher has regrets. Another is focused on canine appetite. And a third is relieved to have survived the "spiciest" trail.

Fairbanks veteran Lisbet Norris doesn’t hesitate to say she has a favorite dog on her team of fluffy Siberian huskies.

At least one musher was stopped by a half-dozen buffalo on the trail from Rohn to Nikolai.

The USDA will fund relocation of buildings and infrastructure in 6 Alaska communities threatened by erosion and flooding.

Alaska's revenue commissioner said the value of state-held Russian investments has declined from $267 million at the end of last year to a current estimate of no more than $15 million.

Defending champion Dallas Seavey was the first musher to leave of Ophir. Brent Sass later passed him on the trail.

Hugh Neff said his 54-year-old arms were exhausted by the constant bumping. “I’ve taken a few Tylenols, let’s say,” he said.