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 [...]
ello Boys and Girls!
This is it! This is the moment we’ve been waiting for and I’m headed out the door in just a few mintutes to see the Re Start of the 2009 Iditarod.
Yesterday was the Start. How much time it took for each musher to get from the starting to the banner to the [...]
andler is down on 4th Avenue in Anchorage for Iditarod’s Ceremonial start. That leaves me some time on the computer. So far I’ve checked out Iditarod Insider for video clips of all the action and of course I shopped a little at the on line Iditarod store. And just to stay current on the events, [...]
ibby Here!
Oh, can you believe it? The race is only a few short hours from starting! Gypsy, Sanka, Zuma, and I have been thinking of great ideas to write stories about! I hope you check Zuma’s Paw Prints every day and read, read, read.
The race start is tomorrow. The race start is a time of [...]
Read about Determination – the 8th trait of Iditarod in this story by Sanka.
Click here to view this PDF File.
ello Boys and Girls!
Can you believe the time is finally here? The mushers and my fur friends will soon be headed to the starting line. We know you are anxious to know the order that the mushers will head to the starting line.
Click here to see the starting order. Remember, musher number 1 is the [...]
Read about Optimism – the 7th trait of Iditarod in this story by Sanka.
Click here to view this PDF File.
Read about Attitude – the 5th trail of Iditarod in this story by Sanka.
Click here to view this PDF File.
Hi Boys and Girls,
Well the final preparations are being made for the Last Great Race. Have you ever wondered how mushers carry enough supplies to last them over a thousand miles?
The simple answer is they can’t. So what can they do to make sure that there is enough food and supplies for both [...]
