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By © Siri Raitto Photography
Quince Mountain, rookie from Mountain, Wisconsin bib number 50, shares a few moments with his lead dogs and team before heading out of Willow restart.
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Ladies and Gentleman, your 2024 Champion Dallas Seavey! Dallas crossed the Finish Line at 5:16 p.m. with 10 dogs in harness, making history as the only person to win 6 times! Official photos and press release to follow shortly. Congratulations, Dallas!
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After nearly 3 months and almost 150 miles covered since his escape from the Ruby checkpoint, the ITC is elated to announce that Leon has been found and is safely in the custody of his owner, Sebastien Dos Santos Borges. Full release here:
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The Iditarod hasn't seen a female champion in 30 years. Four of the current top 10 mushers are women. Perhaps this is the year for Michelle Phillips, Paige Drobny, Aliy Zirkle, or Jessie Royer bring it home in Nome.
Subscribe now to video and GPS at
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Welcome the 2023 Iditarod Champion, Ryan Redington! Redington (bib
#5
), of Knik, Alaska, crossed the finish line of the 51st running of the Iditarod in Nome at 12:13 pm today, claiming his first Iditarod championship.
➡️:
📷:
@davepoyzer
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Congratulations to Rookie Iditarod musher, Jeff Reid, for crossing under the Burled Arch at 2:22 a.m. today, earning him the Lynden "Committeed Through the Last Mile" Red Lantern Award! Your preserverence has paid off, Jeff!
Read Full Release ➡️
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Race Officials were notified at 1:43 a.m. that Veteran Musher Dallas Seavey (bib
#7
) was forced to dispatch a moose in self defense after the moose became entangled with the dogs and the musher on the trail.
Read Full Release:
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Mille Porsild wins Rookie of the Year! Photographed with her beautiful lead dogs under the arch in Nome.
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Veteran Iditarod musher Dallas Seavey (bib
#23
) of Talkeetna, Alaska, crossed the finish line of the Iditarod Gold Trail Loop in Deshka Landing at 5:08 a.m. today, claiming his fifth Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race championship.
Read more at
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Veteran musher Nicolas Petit (bib
#17
), of Big Lake, Alaska is the first musher to arrive at the Ruby checkpoint on the Yukon River at 10:08 pm with 15 dogs in harness. The full press release and photos will be available tomorrow, so keep your eyes peeled. Congratulations, Nic!
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Ladies and gentlemen the Elim 11 have left the building!
Here the well rested mushers have gathered for a photo before they embarked early this morning. Thanks to Dave Dye at the checkpoint for grabbing a quick photo. Their GPS is on and tracking per usual. We'll update soon.
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We delivered the Iditarod Champion trophy/statue to Dallas Seavey over at Seavey's IdidaRide Sled Dog Tours today. He's going to need a bigger shelf😂
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2020 Iditarod Champion Thomas Waerner and lead dogs K2 and Bark.
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Blue eyes and a frosty face.🐾😍
Ryan Redington's dog team in Iditarod.
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Congratulations to Dallas Seavey, the first Musher to White Mountain. By reaching this checkpoint first, Seavey has Earned the Northrim Bank Achieve More Award.
Read More ➡️
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Another Iditarod finished and looking forward to the 50Th anniversary in 2022!
#IditarodNation
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Aliy Zirkle and team leaving Rainy Pass the other day in slow motion.
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Congratulations to Jessie Holmes, first into Unalakleet at approximately 12:35 p.m. this afternoon, making him the recipient of the Ryan Air Gold Coast Award! Photos and the official press release will be posted soon, so keep your eyes peeled!
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While all Iditarod competitors are inceredible athletes without a doubt, today, on International Women's Day, we are going to take a moment to give a shout out to these incredbile women of Iditarod 51!
#iditarod
#Iditarod2023
#internationalwomensday
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For those late night Idita-Watchers, here's some great shots! Check out the latest photo dump from Official Iditarod Photographer, Siri Raitto. It's safe to say we are all loving that Alaskan spring sunshine this time of year!
💻📱
📸 Siri Raitto
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Veteran musher Mille Porsild (bib
#12
), of Denmark was the first musher to reach the Nikolai checkpoint at 9:09 a.m. today with 14 dogs in harness, winning the Alaska Air Transit Spirit of Iditarod Award.
Read more ➡️
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The Iditarod's Chief Veterinarian received this framed photo from musher Matthew Failor this week. It reads, "Many thanks to you & your Vets, Stu, for saving Cool Cat's life. We are forever grateful!" — Matthew Failor.
#IditarodNation
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"Well, that's a wrap!" says Race Director, Mark Nordman. A huge shoutout of thanks to The City of Nome for all of their support and hard work each year.
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Check out these incredible photos of Jason Mackey crossing the Finish line, celebrating with his team, accepting the Red Lantern Award and extinguishing the widow's lamp to conclude the 2023 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. 🏮🐾
Photos: Siri Raitto |
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Veteran Iditarod musher Jason Mackey (bib
#20
) of Knik, Alaska, is the final musher to reach Nome today at 5:03 p.m. with 5 dogs in harness.
Read More:
Photo: Dave Poyzer
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While all Iditarod competitors are incredible athletes without a doubt, today, on International Women's Day, we are going to take a moment to give a shout out to these incredbile women of Iditarod 52!
#iditarod
#Iditarod2024
#internationalwomensday
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We at Iditarod Nation are mourning the loss of 4-time Iditarod Champion, Lance Mackey. Lance passed away late in the evening of September 7, 2022 after a 20+ year battle of cancer. Our condolences go out to his family, friends, fans and the mushing community.
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Thanks to the volunteers in White Mountain for sending over video of a few Elim 11 mushers as they arrive. Teams are taking their 8 hour layover and should start leaving tonight around midnight. Expect to see teams into Nome Sunday mid-morning – early afternoon.
#IditarodNation
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Veteran musher Ryan Redington (bib
#5
), of Knik, Alaska was the first musher to reach the White Mountain checkpoint today at 4:12 pm with 8 dogs in harness, making him the recepient of the Northrim Bank Achieve More Award.
Read More:➡️
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Congratulations to Veteran musher, Travis Beals, the first musher to Kaltag at approximately 3:15 p.m., earning him the
Bristol Bay Native Corporation First Fish Award. Keep your eyes peeled for the official press release and photos to come!
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Dallas Seavey (bib
#7
) is the first musher to reach the Cripple checkpoint, which is the halfway point on the Northern Route. Stay tuned for the official release and info about him receiving the GCI Dorothy G. Page Halfway Award. Congratulations, Dallas!
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Jeremy Keller has made it home. Keller scratched at the 263 mile checkpoint in Nikolai on March 12 and chose to mush back to Willow. Which makes his round trip about 526 miles.
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Veteran musher Ryan Redington (bib
#5
), of Knik, Alaska is the first musher to reach the Unalakleet checkpoint at 4:20 am with 12 dogs in harness, making him the recipient of the Ryan Air Gold Coast Award.
➡️:
📸: Dave Poyzer
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The final Elim 11 musher Kaci Murringer has arrived in Nome!
Rookie Iditarod musher Kaci Murringer (bib
#57
), of Willow, Alaska, is the final musher to cross the finish line in Nome at 12:29 p.m. today, claiming the Red Lantern Award.
Read more at
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As we eagerly await our last three teams making their way to Nome, this seems like a great time to introduce our 2024 Rookie of the Year, Josi Thyr! Read more ➡️
📷: Siri Raitto |
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Puppy overload from Will Troshynski
@ATAOkennel
! Looking forward to seeing Will on the Iditarod trail in 2021.
Wait so
do all of you live inside of twitter
*sniff sniff sniff sniff*
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A big thanks to all the volunteers in all the right places! From Anchorage to Nome... Jobs big and small - all so important! Join us in saying thanks to our volunteers!
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Rookie Iditarod musher, Erin Altemus (bib
#23
), of Grand Marais, Minnesota, scratched at 4:38 a.m. today at the Ruby checkpoint in the best interest of her team. Altemus had 10 dogs in harness when she arrived in Ruby, all in good health.
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In response to COVID-19, the Iditarod has decided to postpone both the Meet the Mushers event on March 21 and its Awards Banquet on March 22 in Nome.
Read more at
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In case you are wondering, Aliy Zikle's team is doing great and are in good hands!
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Pretty neat! Iditarod musher Quince Mountain delivering Christmas mail via sled dog.
@QuinceMountain
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Congratulations to Aliy Zirkly! Aliy won the Dorothy G Page Halfway Award.
Aliy Zirkle wins GCI Dorothy G. Page Halfway Award
Anchorage, Alaska – Veteran Iditarod XLVII musher Aliy Zirkle (bib
#19
), of...
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Straw Drop Time! Yesterday, volunteers were busy working with straw, bagging it up, and getting it organized to be shipped out to checkpoints. We call this 'Straw Drop'. When the mushers and dogs arrive in checkpoints during the race, straw will be waiting for each team!
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@oshanada
We apologize to Apayauq for misgendering her during this weekend’s events. She has our support and we will ensure that her pronouns are correct across all coverage moving forward.” -Iditarod Trail Committee
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After consulting with our stakeholders and in consultation with the Municipality of Anchorage, we decided to cancel our traditional ceremonial start in Anchorage due to the COVID-19 concerns of a large gathering.
Read more at
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Rookie Iditarod musher, Connor McMahon (bib
#3
), of Carcross, Yukon Territory, Canada, scratched at 4:30 p.m. today at the Galena checkpoint in the best interest of his team. McMahon had 11 dogs in harness when he arrived in Galena, all in good health.
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Musher Aliy Zirkle of Two Rivers, Alaska, has been awarded the Leonhard Seppala Humanitarian Award, designated to a musher whose team demonstrates outstanding care of their race team while remaining competitive.
Read more
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Siri has finally made her way up the trail after being weathered in, and her photos are stunning. Rainy Pass to Rohn, McGrath and Cripple, here are some photos of this beautiful terrain and this incredible race.
➡️
📷: Siri Raitto
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Last night Jeff Deeter, Kelly Maixner, and Aliy Zirkle came in during the storm. It was windy, snowy, and wet. Our camera equipment was soaked. Not sure if anyone got any good photos, since you could barely see.
Tom Frode Johansen, Tim Pappas, and Lance Mackey followed.
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Veteran musher Ryan Redington (bib
#5
), of Knik, Alaska, was the first musher to reach the McGrath checkpoint at 6:10 pm today with 12 dogs in harness, winning the Alaska Air Transit Spirit of Iditarod Award.
Read more:
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Veteran Iditarod competitor Brent Sass (bib
#27
), of Eureka, Alaska, was the first musher to reach the Unalakleet checkpoint at 11:32 p.m. today with 12 dogs, winning the Ryan Air Gold Coast Award.
#Iditarod
#Iditarod2022
#Iditarod50
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The race isn't over yet! 25 teams have crossed under the Burled Arch and we still have 5 more teams to go. These teams are showing incredible grit and determination - We are all rooting for you! Let's keep it up, you got this!
👀➡️
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Last night at approx.7:30pm Race Officials were notified that a snow machine had made contact with Bailey Vitello’s team between Koyuk and Elim. We are extremely relieved that neither Bailey or his team were injured in the incident. Read more:
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All Elim 11 made it to the finish line from early morning through the noon hour on Sunday. Thus concluding the 2020 Iditarod.
#IditarodNation
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Good luck to all Jr Iditarod teams! What an accomplishment for all these young people.
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We have a good size cluster of mushers at the head of the race. Currently, in the lead is Jessie Royer, Brent Sass, and Thomas Waerner. In Kaltag, the first to arrive will receive the Bristol Bay Native Corporation Fish First Award of $2,000 in cash and 25 lbs of salmon.
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The Trailbreakers are out on the trail prepping as we speak. Have a safe trip and the mushers will be following soon!
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Iditarod News: Dallas Seavey receives a 2-hour time penalization will added to his 24-hour layover, as per rule 34, it has been determined that the animal was not sufficiently gutted by the musher.
Read full release: ➡️
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Between the photos on the Trail and 'Eye on the Trail' posts, you really get a visual of trail conditions for these mushers as they make their way up the trail. Check out the latest!
Gallery ➡️
Race Recap ➡️
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Will Troshynski has earned his Iditarod Finishers belt buckle by claiming 34th place following Daugherty by 22 minutes to the un-burled arch. Read as he tells a funny story of mistaken identity on the trail.
Read the full article by Terrie Hanke at
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2023 Iditarod Champion, Ryan Redington, has been making his rounds throughout schools in Alaska. Last week he visited the Girdwood School, the small ski town just south of Anchorage where he bases his summer operations out of.
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Veteran musher and 2022 Iditarod Champion, Brent Sass (bib
#14
), of Eureka, Alaska, scratched at 7:42 a.m. at the Eagle Island checkpoint as he didn’t feel he could care for his team due to current concerns with his periodontal health.
➡️:
📷: Dave Poyzer
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Our checkpoints have closed up shop and the burled arch in Nome is getting stored away for the off season. Received a photo from the White Mountain checkpoint team. They have the last dog on the trail and he is being very well taken care of.
#IditarodNation
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As of today, 57 mushers have submitted their entries for the 49th running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
See if your favorite musher is on the list and read more about Iditarod XLIX at
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If you are an Iditarod Insider and were unable to see Ryan's Finish yesterday, we have a very special 2023 Champions Show for you, just loaded into Insider! Congratulations to Ryan Redington, Champion of the 2023 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race®!
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Today is International Women’s Day. Keep up with the 'women' of the Iditarod by following the race... and reading this pretty cool article!
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While we patiently wait for photos of other finishers (keep in mind, the incredible Siri is uploading and editing thousands of photos for your viewing pleasure), here are some great shots of our 2024 Iditarod Champion, Dallas Seavey!
📷 Siri Raitto |
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Great appreciation to the village of Shaktoolik and volunteers who helped prepare old Shaktoolik for the arrival of mushers, after a last minute change in location.
Current leaders Thomas Waerner and Brent Sass are on their way now!
Photos shared by Hannah Lynn Sookiayak
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Veteran musher Jessie Holmes (bib
#2
), of Brushkana, Alaska is the first musher to arrive at the Anvik checkpoint on the Yukon River at 4:03 am with 12 dogs in harness. In doing so, Holmes claims the First Musher to the Yukon Award.
📲
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Aaron Burmeister (bib
#29
), of Nome/Nenana, Alaska, scratched at 11:00 a.m. today at the Unalakleet checkpoint, “to help promote the mental wellness and health of my team in the future.” Burmeister had 11 dogs in harness when he arrived in Unalakleet, all in good health.
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The Iditarod remains extremely committed to doing all it can to assist in the search for Leon. On Sunday, March 20, the Iditarod Air Force flew musher Sebastien Dos Santos Borges and a four-legged teammate to Ruby to search for Leon.
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Rookie Iditarod musher, Issac Teaford (bib
#15
), of Salt Lake City, Utah scratched at 2:25 p.m. today at the Nulato checkpoint. Teaford had 12 dogs in harness when he made the decision to scratch.
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Nicolas Petit’s team has moved on to White Mountain and is no longer waiting in the cabin as we reported earlier today. There was a possibility Petit would follow the Elim mushers to Nome before we recieved news he had moved on. Petit scratched early Thursday morning.
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Just a short clip of our Iditarod Trailbreakers team working their magic. We thank these volunteers for everything that they do to get the trail prepared for the big race!
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Official Iditarod Photographer,
@IditarodJeff
, was in Downtown Anchorage this morning capturing some great Race Start Shots! Be sure to become an Iditarod Insider to stay updated throughout the whole race!
➡️➡️ ➡️
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With 20 hours of trail time so far, we have 15 teams out of Finger Lake on their way to Rainy Pass, 9 teams at the FL checkpoint and the remaining teams on their way to meet the rest of the pack. Become an Insider to follow your favorite teams! 🐾➡️
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Veteran Iditarod musher, Hunter Keefe (bib
#10
), of Knik, Alaska scratched Sunday, March 10 at 11:30 p.m. at the Unalakleet checkpoint pursuant to Rule 42. Keefe had 10 dogs in harness when he scratched.
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NBA...Cancelled
NHL...Cancelled
NASCAR...Cancelled
The Iditarod is still on and we will be streaming live all the way to Front Street under the burled arch in Nome when the 2020 Iditarod Champion is announced!
Get a 48 Hour Video Pass for $9.95 at .
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Siri is making her way up the trail and capturing some great moments in Iditarod 52. Check out these great photos from Kaltag yesterday, as well as her full 2024 Album at ➡️
📷: Siri Raitto |
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Veteran musher Dallas Seavey (bib
#23
) of Talkeetna, Alaska, was the first musher to reach the McGrath checkpoint at 4 p.m. today with 14 dogs in harness, winning the Alaska Air Transit Spirit of Iditarod Award.
Read more at
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The Official Start of Iditarod 51 is kicking off in just a few hours! Watch the mushers and their dogs take off on their 1,000 mile journey to Nome by becoming an Iditarod Insider! ➡️
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The day is finally here! Welcome to the 51st running of the Iditarod! Be sure to join us on for the Ceremonial Start of Iditarod 51 where 33 teams will be taking kickstarting their journey up the 1,000-mile trail to Nome.
#iditarod
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Monica Zappa during the ceremonial start turns a corner as she flies through Downtown Anchorage! Zappa finished the 2020 Iditarod in 13 days 19 hrs 42 min 2 sec and in 31st place.
#IditarodNation
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#Iditarod
#ThowbackThursday
The legendary Libby Riddles poses with her dogs, Axle and Dugan, at the Finish Line in 1985. Libby came in 1st place that year, finishing the race in 18 days, 20 minutes and 17 seconds.
📷:
@IditarodJeff
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Veteran Iditarod musher Brent Sass (bib
#27
) of Eureka, Alaska, is the first to arrive at the Kaltag checkpoint at 2:36 a.m. with 12 dogs in doing so Sass, claims the BBNC Fish First Award.
#Iditarod50
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Peter Kaiser mushing into Nome last week. Although Nome festivities has been canceled, much of the community came out to cheer on arriving mushers.
#IditarodNation
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Musher Jessie Royer (bib
#31
), of Fairbanks, AK, is the first to arrive at the Ruby checkpoint at 6:37 a.m. with 14 dogs in harness. The award consists of a five-course meal prepared by The Lakefront Anchorage executive chef Roberto Sidro.
Read more at
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We are excited to announce that Ramey Smyth, 27-time Iditarod competitor with 12 Top 10 Finishes, will be creating the new Burled Arch which will dawn the Finish Line of The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race®.
Learn more ➡
📷:
@IditarodJeff
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Veteran Iditarod musher Brent Sass (bib
#27
), of Eureka, Alaska, is the first to arrive at the Ruby checkpoint at 5:57 a.m. today with 13 dogs in harness. In doing so, Sass claims The Lakefront Anchorage First Musher to the Yukon Award!
#Iditarod50
#Iditarod2022
#mushertwitter
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950 straw bales, 120 hay bales, 400 Heet cases, and 7250 lath stakes are all packed and ready to be shipped out to checkpoints. Big thanks to Air Land Transport!
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Iditarod musher Jessie Royer received the Bristol Bay Native Corporation Fish First Award as the first to reach the Kaltag checkpoint. The award consists of 25 pounds of fresh Bristol Bay salmon filets, $2,000, and a wood burned art piece.
Read more at
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Sled dogs run on such varied types of snow and ice that booties are used to prevent abrasions and snow clumps on paws. Think of how many booties any one musher racing Iditarod must go through and how much time it takes to put booties on a whole team.
#Happydog
🐾
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Veteran Iditarod XLVIII competitor Jessie Royer (bib
#31
), of Fairbanks, Alaska, was the first musher to reach the McGrath checkpoint at 8:56 p.m. today with 14 dogs in harness, winning the Alaska Air Transit Spirit of Iditarod Award.
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