During Iditarod 2012, Aliy was contending to win. Yet, she still wanted to share the amazing Iditarod Trail with family, friends and fans. Hopefully, the 2012 “Aliy Cam” showed the SP Kennel Red Team as they truly were … … an incredibly hard working, dedicated union of dogs and human. … Read More
In this video, Aliy and the Red Team are on the coast, running over the Blueberry Hills between Unalakleet and Shaktoolik, overlooking the frozen Norton Sound. Aliy was first into Unalakleet, but out second behind Dallas Seavey. As you can see, the dogs look fantastic as they keep their heads … Read More
Sunrise on the Yukon River is a pretty special sight. This video shows how crisp the morning was as the sled bag is frosty white and so is Biscuit’s back (in wheel on the right.) Aliy hadn’t been taking videos, so as she begins to talk to the camera many … Read More
The race strategy for the Red Team was to travel the Iditarod trail in equal runs after leaving the Takotna Checkpoint. That way the dogs and Aliy could settle into a comfortable and consistent run/rest schedule. This however, required the team to camp along the trail instead of using the … Read More
There are times on Iditarod when the Alaska wilderness in completely breathtaking. This is one of them.
From the start in Willow, there was always a lot of fresh snow on the 2012 Iditarod trail. The gamble that a team in first place makes, is that it must break trail through all of this fresh snow and use a lot of “dog energy” doing so. Then, the … Read More
Third in the 2012 series is a video starting at the top of Rainy Pass and ending five miles from the Rohn Checkpoint. It’s a wild ride by dog sled. Hope you enjoy! There a few scenes in this episode that show how challenging it truly was for Aliy to … Read More
The second day of Iditarod is always breath taking as dog teams mush through the Alaska Range Mountains. Aliy and the Red Team left the Rainy Pass Checkpoint on Puntilla Lake at 3:28 PM on a snowy afternoon. This video shows the climb up through the mountains to the Rainy … Read More
This video is the first of the 2012 “Aliy Cam” series. She was able to record several sections of the Iditarod that she hadn’t recorded before. This first video is just the start (so to speak). If anyone can tell what the sign says “Aliy Zirkle ???????????” in the video, … Read More
There was a small ceremony today as Quito earned her SP Kennel MVP honors and her red roses that Aliy promised her during the Iditarod Finish Banquet. All of us at SP Kennel are lucky and honored to have Quito as part of our team! Quito has certainly matured into … Read More
