IDITAROD XXXVIII countdown to the start is now just hours away. At 10 am Saturday morning Alaska time, the first musher to leave the 4th Avenue in Downtown Anchorage will signify the end of an entire year’s worth of training for seventy one teams headed for Nome Alaska.
This year’s race features five Iditarod Champions including three-time Iditarod Champ Lance Mackey. Twenty eight of last year’s top thirty teams have also returned. They’ll be joined by a 22 rookie mushers including two (Wattie McDonald & Jonathan Stewart) from Scotland and one (Oswald “Newton” Marshall) from Jamaica.

KTUU, the Official Television Station of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, will provide live coverage of the race with Insider producer Greg Heister and analyst Bruce Lee beginning at 9:30 am. The Iditarod Insider will also be broadcasting live streaming coverage of the Race Start at 9:30 am around the world. To find out how to become an Insider, click here.