We thought you’d enjoy seeing a few pictures from the picnic!
Category Archives: Race Coverage
Who Has Signed Up for the Next Race?
Are you wondering who is signed up for the 2009 Iditarod? So far, the following mushers have turned in their paperwork!
The number tells you the order they are listed which determines the order they draw for starting positions and bib numbers. We won’t know their bib numbers until the numbers are announced at […]
2008 Volunteer Picnic and 2009 Musher Sign Up
Hello Boys and Girls,
Libby was right! Saturday, June 28, was an exciting day at Iditarod Trail Headquarters. I couldn’t believe how many people joined together to share tales from the trail and celebrate the race.
Around 9:00 that morning, volunteers and mushers began arriving to celebrate the 2008 Iditarod.
The picnic is a time […]
Races in Michigan Classrooms
Hello Boys and Girls,
Wow! What interesting comments on the blog and email we got this year! We are always glad to hear from you and are now enjoying your letters and comments even more because it is so much fun to hear about the awesome projects that classrooms were involved in during the […]
Students ask: What do dogs wear?
Libby Here!
Lots of the email that boys and girls sent us this year asked about what the dogs wore during the race. Here is a sample of one of our letters:
Dear K-9 Reporters,
Our class is following the race. We saw on the Insider Video that the mushers wear winter gear that keeps them […]
Dogs in Nome
Hello Boys and Girls!
The race went so fast, didn’t it? It seems like it just gets started and suddenly it is all over!
Are you wondering what the dogs do once they get to Nome?
First, it is very exciting when a musher arrives in Nome. Fans line the street and take pictures of the […]
AND the award goes to……
Boys and Girls,
Did you know that there are several awards that are given out to mushers?
Each year, you can read about the awards and what a musher needs to do in order to win the award. That information is always listed in the Media Guide. (Look in the Press and Media tab found on the […]
How old are the Dogs?
Libby Here!
What is the average age of the dogs? Are they retired after a certain age? These are questions that a lot of you have asked.
Well, students, do you think I’m going to tell you my age? Some of us don’t like to tell those details, (hee hee!)
A musher doesn’t always tell us […]
The Musher’s Purse
Hello Boys and Girls,
A lot of you have written asking about the purse or the prize money that mushers get when they finish the race. That is a very important question.
First, you should remember that there are awards that are also given out to the mushers. To read the complete list of awards, go to […]
What happens at a Checkpoint?
Libby Here!
Are you wondering how long the checkpoint breaks are? When you follow the race and watch the Internet for information, you can ’see’ how long a musher stays in a checkpoint. Looking back at the race information, you can see, some stay short amount of times, some stay longer amount of times.
A musher stays […]
Getting Lost. Don’t Let it Happen to You!
Libby Here!
Listen to this great question! “Do they ever get lost?”
The Iditarod Trail is a marked trail. People on snowmobiles— or snowmachines which is what they are called in Alaska, travel the race trail before the mushers and make sure that the trail markers are in place. The markers are sticks with a florescent paint, […]
What do Mushers Do?
Libby Here!
Lots of kids want to know, “Do mushers get a chance to eat, bathe, and sleep?”
Everyone has to eat and sleep in order to stay healthy. Keeping clean helps, too!
When a musher arrives at a checkpoint, the first thing the musher does is feed and care for the dogs. When all […]
Skwentna Checkpoint Number 2 by Sanka W. Dog
Skwentna - Checkpoint #2
By Sanka W. Dog
You can’t believe how exciting and noisy it is to have 96 dog teams come through a checkpoint. As the race goes further down the trail, it spreads out but in the early checkpoints of Yentna Station, Skwentna and Finger Lake, all the teams are still pretty close […]
Poetry by Students
Hello Boys and Girls,
I’m getting awesome and incredible email and comments from students and race fans! It is great to hear from all of you. Keep reading and writing! You are going to get better grades in school because you are working so hard! I am very impressed!
I wanted to share this […]
More About Dogs!
Libby Here!
How many dogs are allowed for each sled and musher?
Each musher can start the race with 16 dogs. When arriving in Nome, each musher must have at least 6 dogs pulling the sled.
Not every dog that starts the race gets to finish the race. Most of the time, there are little details that help […]