RED TEAM After a short 1.5 hour rest in Elim, Aliy and her 13 mates are on the way to White Mountain and are currently sitting in fourth. She has Scout and Mismo in lead with Scruggs in single swing. Dutch and Waylon snuggle (Pic Sebastian Schnuelle) Leaving Elim (Pic … Read More
RED TEAM The Red Team is into Koyuk! They camped about midway between Shaktoolik and Koyuk and although the location on the sea ice was perhaps a little unorthodox, she had run through Shaktoolik she was due to stop somewhere on that run. The Insider crew stopped to chat and … Read More
RED TEAM Sebastian has posted lots of fantastic pictures of the Red Team coming into and leaving Shaktoolik. Check out them out here and here but I’ve copied a couple that show the whole team. A few miles outside Skaktoolik Leaving Shaktoolik You are getting very good at identifying the … Read More
Good morning! RED TEAM UPDATE As the sun comes up over the western coast of Alaska the leading pack is moving from Unalakleet to Shaktoolik. Two Seaveys and Brent Sass are in front of Aliy and the Red Team at the moment. The chase pack headed by Wade Marrs has … Read More
To continue our “resumption of normal service” theme we did a couple of bonus Dog Fan Club Draws! Congrats to Lisa and Charlene who are fans of QT, and to Aaron, Emily and Wolfie who are fans of Driver. They have won today’s bonus Dog Fan Club draws! Driver is … Read More
RED TEAM UPDATE As I write this Aliy and the Red Team are travelling towards to coast at Unalakleet having camped out on the trail for 4-4.5 hours about 25 miles out of Kaltag. Sebastian caught a few pics of the dogs enjoying a nap in the heat of the … Read More
We have had it confirmed the CLYDE is the dog Aliy left in Nulato. We have been in touch with the vet team at Iditarod HQ and we’ve been assured his injuries are minor. He’s on his way back to Anchorage where Linda will be waiting for him to give … Read More
Thank you all for your thoughts, concerns, well wishes, light, prayers and love. Our thoughts are also with Jeff King and his team. The sorrow he must be feeling right now! We don’t have a lot of new information to share with you, but we are keeping an eye on the story … Read More
Firstly, Aliy and the dogs are okay. We are hearing horrible reports about incidents with a drunk snow-machiner harassing dog teams between Koyukuk and Nulato and that Aliy had a scary and distressing encounter with him before she got to the checkpoint. We had a call from the Iditraod Race … Read More
Linda picked up NOMEX last evening from Iditarod HQ. Linda said the fantastic team down there worked so hard to get through the large number of dogs waiting for their vet checks and release documentation. Allen left Nomex in Cripple with the vet team due to a sore right shoulder, … Read More
