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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
ibby Here!
“The Last Great Race on Earth®” —  Iditarod.
You have seen those words before but are you wondering why Iditarod is called, “The Last Great Race® on Earth”?
The answer is pretty simple. It is called “The Last Great Race on Earth®” because in 1978, a reporter for the London ….. Ian Woolridge, wrote an article [...]
We thought you’d enjoy seeing a few pictures from the picnic!
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 [...]
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 to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
