Iditarod

Iditarod

The Iditarod is probably the most well-known sled race in the world. Starting in Anchorage, teams of sled dogs with a handler race 1,100 miles to Nome. The journey is dangerous, and has claimed many lives, but hundreds compete in the... [more]

The Iditarod is probably the most well-known sled race in the world. Starting in Anchorage, teams of sled dogs with a handler race 1,100 miles to Nome. The journey is dangerous, and has claimed many lives, but hundreds compete in the race every year. Find out more here.

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The Excitement of the Iditarod

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Alyssa Bobst is Program Support Coordinator at Smithsonian Journeys. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology, with minors in International Studies and Arabic, from Washington University in St. Louis. Recently, she got a taste of the Iditarod, in advance of our new 2010 Iditarod tour . Click here for Alyssa’s full bio . Musher and 2009 Iditarod winner Lance Mackey at the Ceremonial Start in Anchorage. Photo: Alyssa Bobst Jeff King, four-time winner of the Iditarod Race, stood right in front of me signing an autograph for an awe-struck teenage boy. In the next street over Lance Mackey , soon-to-be winner of the 2009 ... Read Full Story

Iditarod 2009: "The Last Great Race"

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Do you know about the Iditarod? It is the most amazing race in the entire world. In simple terms it's a sled-dog race here in Alaska but that doesn't give you any idea of the scope of what the race encompasses. Named after the Iditarod Trail the Iditarod Sled Dog Race starts in Anchorage in southcentral Alaska and then each musher with their team of 12-16 dogs crosses 1150 miles of the harshest terrain on the planet in winter to the finish line in Nome on the Bering Sea on Alaska's western coast. In 8-15 days. It isn't surprising I suppose, given the fact ... Read Full Story

Iditarod: Q&A with Rich Montagna

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Rich Montagna is a professional photographer and tour guide with more than 30 years experience exploring and photographing the Alaskan frontier. He founded one of the first companies to offer tours of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race. Here, we sit down with him to talk about what brings him back to the race year after year. Iditarod Racers. Photo: Rich Montagna Smithsonian Journeys: What is unique about the Iditarod race and what does it mean to Alaskans? Rich Montagna: There really isn’t another event in North America that pits man and dog together against such harsh conditions as a dog sled race across the ... Read Full Story

Iditarod: Q&A with Rich Montagna

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Rich Montagna is a professional photographer and tour guide with more than 30 years experience exploring and photographing the Alaskan frontier. He founded one of the first companies to offer tours of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race. Here, we sit down with him to talk about what brings him back to the race year after year. Iditarod Racers. Photo: Rich Montagna Smithsonian Journeys: What is unique about the Iditarod race and what does it mean to Alaskans? Rich Montagna: There really isn’t another event in North America that pits man and dog together against such harsh conditions as a dog sled race across the ... Read Full Story

Fairbanks Musher Headed for His Third in a Row!

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At this very moment Lance Mackey has a substantial lead on the last leg of the 1,000 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race . Mackey is a Fairbanks resident and a four-time winner of the Yukon Quest , which also runs 1,000 miles from Fairbanks to Whitehorse, Yukon. Lance was the first ever musher to win those races back to back, and just to prove it wasn’t a fluke, did it two years in a row (2007 and 2008). Lance’s closest competitor is the reigning Yukon Quest Champion Sebastian Schnuelle. His Quest victory this year was close, as currently 14th place Hugh Neff came ... Read Full Story
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Cool Runnings: Jamaican Seeks Iditarod Glory
Jamaica and Iditarod are not two things you normally hear together. But Newton Marshall of the Jamaican dogsled team aims to change that. This week, Marshall starts training with three-time Iditarod champion Lance Mackey. Mackey says people initially ...  
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Cool Runnings: Jamaican Seeks Iditarod Success
Jamaica and Iditarod are not two things you normally hear together. But Newton Marshall of the Jamaican dogsled team aims to change that. This week, Marshall starts training with three-time Iditarod champion Lance Mackey. Mackey discusses how you get ...  
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Iditarod champion among four added to Alaska Hall of Fame
ANCHORAGE - Lance Mackey, the three-time defending Iditarod champion and winner of all four of his Yukon Quest races, is one of four athletes who have been added to the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame.  
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Jamaican to train for Iditarod with champ Mackey
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Jamaican dog musher Newton Marshall arrived in Alaska on Sunday to begin a kind of three-month Iditarod boot camp with reigning champ Lance Mackey. Mackey, who plans to lend Marshall his lead dog from last year's winning team, is a blunt-talking cancer survivor who's won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race three years in a row. Marshall took up the sport on a Caribbean island where it never snows. Singer Jimmy Buffett is his...  
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Jamaican to train for Iditarod with Lance Mackey
Jamaican dog musher Newton Marshall arrived in Alaska on Sunday to begin a kind of three-month Iditarod boot camp with reigning champ Lance Mackey. Click to enlarge Photo from www.jamaicadogsled.com Jamaican musher Newton Marshall placed 13th in the ...  
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Jamaican arrives in Alaska to train for Iditarod with champ Mackey...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Jamaican dog musher Newton Marshall arrived in Alaska on Sunday to begin a kind of three-month Iditarod boot camp with reigning champ Lance Mackey. Mackey, who plans to lend Marshall his lead dog from last year's winning team, is ...  
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Today's headlines: Educator edition: an Iditarod mentor and a high school...
View full sizeView full sizeToday's official Northwest Headlines will focus on the subject of educators. Wait, don't go: these headlines include a story about a teacher's final lesson (sure to tug your heart-strings) and another story sure to have you...  
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The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, usually just called the "Iditarod", is an annual sled dog race in Alaska, where mushers and teams of typically 16 dogs cover 1,161 miles (1,868 km) in eight to fifteen days from Willow (near Anchorage) to Nome. The Iditarod began in 1973 as an event to test the best sled dog mushers and teams, evolving into the highly competitive race it is today. The current fastest winning time record was set in 2002 by Martin Buser with a time of 8 days, 22 hours, 46 minutes, and 2 seconds.

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