ear Libby,
Hello.
This is Miss Evans class and we are writing to find out more about you and the Iditarod. We are in first grade. We are at Agnes Irwin School which is an all-girls private school. We are learning about the Iditarod.
Are you good reporting the Iditarod? How many of the lead dogs are females? [...]
 Dear Zuma,    Hi, we are Mrs. Earl’s students at the Hanover Street School in Lebanon, New Hampshire. We are keeping a pretend journal and write each day to you in it. We write about different things like what to pack in our sled, moose on the trail, overflows, etc.,  We were wondering if you have ever raced [...]
Dear Zuma,
This is Mrs. Van Egmond’s 3rd grade class at West Side Christian School in Grand Rapids, MI. We are following the Iditarod Race and we have some questions for you:
How did you learn how to type? I learned to type by practice, practice, practice.
How did you meet D-2? I meet fur friends and [...]
Posted by Zuma in News
Date: March 20, 2009
Hi Zuma,
We have a few questions for you, we hope you can answer them.
We were wondering how long you have been reporting for the Iditarod? Do you have a favorite musher? I’ve been reporting for Iditarod for many years, now, Boys and Girls, more years than I have claws on my paws.   I don’t [...]
Dear Zuma,
How are you? Â We are fine here. Â We are 2nd graders at the Best Elementary School in New Hampshire. We are students in Mrs. Stanley’s and Miss Whitman’s class.
We are all impressed that you are able to read and type! Â John said that you could spell better than he could:) Â We loved looking at [...]
Hi Boys and Girls,
Several of you have emailed me about dog booties. You’ve wanted to know what they are made of and when they are worn. So this post is for you!
Most dog booties used for dog sledding are made out of a material called Cordura 330. Cordura 330 is a lightweight flexible [...]
eet a new friend!
Lots of Tail Wags,
Zuma
Zuma, I am attaching photos of my Siberian Husky puppy, Luna. She looks very similar to you and her birthday is in August as well, August 23. She is just seven months old, but I think being a reporter might be in her future. She is very bright (or [...]
Hi Boys and Girls,
I hope you are enjoying the race this year. Several of you have asked about food for both the dogs and humans along the trail. We’ve talked a lot about what the dogs eat but not about what the humans eat. Mary Calore contacted me and said she [...]
hile wandering around at the Restart of the 2009 Iditarod I saw this license plate.
Boys and Girls, I think you should create your own Iditarod license plates. Think about what you can put on the license plate to help others learn about the race. Then make a license plate about your own state or an [...]
After spending a couple nights in the Alaska wilderness, Nigel, a sled dog from Nancy Yoshida’s team was reunited with Nancy. After a series of bad luck incidents and crashes on the Happy River Steps, and finally reaching Rainy Pass on a broken sled without Nigel, Nancy scratched from the race. A search for Nigel [...]
Every year, tucked deep inside a musher’s sled bag is a special packet of promotional materials. Included in the packet are letters from students around the world.
This year, a record 631 letters arrived in Nome. These letters/projects were brought to Anchorage. They were placed into envelopes and placed with the other promotional materials that are [...]
Libby here!
I know some of you are following the race using the map on the front page of the site, the GPS Tracker map. If you haven’t seen it, go to www.iditarod.com and click on the box that invites you to view the Free Preview for 6 Mushers! It is really neat to see the [...]
ello Boys and Girls,
As promised, I went down to the area behind the Millennium Hotel, Iditarod Race Headquarters, where the dogs returning from the trail snooze while waiting for their humans to pick them up and take them home.
Snooze is right! Who wouldn’t take a long snooze when covered up in cozy blankets?
The sled dogs [...]
Âello Boys and Girls,
Here is an interesting question from one of the hundreds and hundreds of schools that are following the race and writing to us. It is a good question, so I wanted to answer it in an article to make sure everyone gets to know the answer.
Good Morning Zuma,
Here in Brewster, New York [...]
