Warm Weather Forces Iditarod Race Farther North [+video]
By Mark Thiessen. Much of the start of the world’s most famous sled dog race is covered in barren gravel, forcing Iditarod organizers to move the start farther north where there is snow and ice.
A weather pattern that buried the eastern U.S. in snow has left Alaska fairly warm and relatively snow-free this winter. . .
The nearly 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race starts Saturday with a ceremonial run through Anchorage. But the official start two days later has been moved 225 miles north, over the Alaska Range, to Fairbanks to avoid the area that left many mushers bruised and bloodied last year. Iditarod officials said the conditions are worse this year. (Read more about pushing the Iditarod race farther north HERE)
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Record Number of Women to Compete in 2015 Iditarod Race
By Ch2ktuu. In 1985, Libby Riddles was one of just 5 women out of 61 mushers to compete in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Today, 30 years after Riddles claimed the title, a record number of women — one-third of the field — are starting the race. KTUU’s Abby Hancock tells how times have changed.
(Read more from this story HERE)
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Original Musher from First Iditarod, Friend of Joe Redington, to Appear on The Joe Miller Show Next Week
One of twelve living mushers who completed the first Iditarod will be interviewed on The Joe Miller Show next week. Rod Perry has written a book on the race and also helped produce a successful documentary on it. The Joe Miller Show airs daily from 2 to 4 p.m. Alaska Time (6 to 8 p.m. EST).
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