The second week in August is a celebratory time of the year for the residents of Interior Alaska – it’s fair time! The Tanana Valley Fair has impressive livestock (even reindeer), huge cabbages (and other veggies), an entertainment stage and carnival rides. There are many booths with tasty morsels and … Read More
Most of our fan mail comes from school children, grades 3 to middle school. There are quite a few teachers – worldwide – who use an Iditarod Curriculum in their class. We also get letters from home schooled children and scout troops. The thousands of letters that we have received … Read More
Once again, Aliy has done a truly incredible job of telling the story — the whole story — of her Iditarod race. As you will see, it has been a monumental effort! If you want to know what the Iditarod is really like from a musher’s perspective, you won’t find … Read More
While sorting through the last of our 2009 Iditarod media, I came across this footage that Aliy’s dad shot during his time as a volunteer at the Eagle Island checkpoint. I think it is an excellent finale to our Iditarod coverage, because it provides an extraordinary — even unique — … Read More
In this final part of Aliy’s “Live” video from the Iditarod Trail, the team battles fierce winds of a “ground blizzard” approaching Shaktoolik and Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. The middle segment is a night scene at the checkpoint, and the finale is a camping scene after the storm … Read More
In this part of Aliy’s “Live” video from the Iditarod Trail, the team slogs its way up the final hills to overlook the Norton Sound near Shaktoolik. As you will hear, the wind is really starting to pick up and Aliy has to work hard to keep the dogs focused. … Read More
After fixing her busted sled runner in White Mountain, Aliy was hoping things would hold together for her 77 mile final run into Nome. Unfortunately, that was not to be the case. About five miles into their run, the team approached some pretty nasty “overflow” which happens when a river … Read More
That’s right!… Of course the volcano blew! What else could we expect trying to get back from a race? Because of the volcano eruption near Anchorage and the threat it poses to aircraft, all flights out of Nome were cancelled today. That means Aliy, Allen and the dogs won’t get … Read More
As if Aliy didn’t have enough to deal with, about five miles before reaching the White Mountain checkpoint she totally busted the right runner on her sled: She stopped the dogs for a few minutes while she dug through her sled bag and came up with enough “stuff” to lash … Read More
In this part of Aliy’s “Live” video from the Iditarod Trail, the team works its way toward Shaktoolik, over an ancient portage trail and into the coastal winds. As always, Aliy’s commentary and verbal interaction with the dogs is amazing. Even thought the wind interferes with the audio quality during … Read More
