Race from Anchorage to Nome with the Alaska Public Radio Network
The action is picking up in Nome at the finish line of the Iditarod. Willow musher Ramey Smyth recorded another top ten finish – the sixth of his Iditarod career – when he claimed ninth place this morning (Thursday).
Tim Bidony, APRN – Nome
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The Iditarod Trail Committee’s “Insider” coverage package is completing its first year of offering paid subscribers a GPS tracking system on the Internet. Every musher in the field was required to carry a GPS transponder this year, after a voluntary test run last year involving about two dozen mushers.
Tim Bidony, APRN – Nome
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The race was won yesterday morning by Lance Mackey, that surprised no one. With fifteen dogs – that did.
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Lance Mackey rolled into Nome at around noon today to win his third consecutive Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race. Mackey joins Susan Butcher and Doug Swingley as the only mushers to win three races in a row.
Tim Bodony, KIYU – Galena
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Lance Mackey will reach Nome today. Two teams that made it through the wind across Norton Bay yesterday morning will be next. Then it’ll be a while.
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Mushers were worried about the wind and cold as they left the Unalakleet checkpoint yesterday.
Annie Feidt, APRN – Anchorage
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Lance Mackey is hours ahead of the rest of the field in this years Iditarod sled dog race. He left the Elim checkpoint at 11am this morning. His closest competitors, Sebastian Schnuelle and John Baker arrived at Elim two hours later. All of the mushers were battling low temperatures and fierce wind today. The leaders have usually reached the village of White Mountain by now, where there is a mandatory 8 hour layover. But Mackey isn’t expected into the checkpoint until sometime later this evening.
Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage
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It’s a time of challenge on the Iditarod. Wind and blowing snow on the coast, and in the hills, two dogs died in the drifts. Teams push their way along the coast of Norton Sound. Skies will be clear there today.
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The leaders felt a swift drop in temperatures between Saturday night and Sunday morning as they pushed up the Yukon River to Kaltag.
Tim Bodony, KIYU – Galena
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The winner of last months Yukon Quest, Sebastian Schnuelle is well acclimated to the sleeplessness that comes with the sport.
Annie Feidt, APRN – Anchorage
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