Musher Profile: Emily Maxwell
Emily Maxwell ran her first Iditarod this March. She stopped by the KNOM studios to share stories from the Iditarod trail — and how she got there.
At 2018 Finisher’s Banquet, Tales from a Difficult Iditarod
During the 2018 Nome banquet, each Iditarod finisher collected their winnings and took time to express gratitude. Although he didn’t finish this year’s Iditarod, veteran musher Scott Janssen was given the sportsmanship award for helping to rescue fellow musher Jim Lanier near the notoriously unpredictable stretch of Iditarod Trail known as the “blowhole.”
Daylight Saving Time Doesn’t Affect Iditarod Race, But the Clock is Certainly a Factor
About seven days into the race, Sunday morning at 2am, the entire state of Alaska sprung forward one hour. Iditarod Race Marshal Mark Nordman explains there is no need to adjust mushers’ times or change race clocks when the Iditarod ends, because the computers automated that process yesterday.
Starting Positions Set for 2018 Iditarod; 67 Mushers to Depart from Willow on Sunday
After bib #1 was dedicated to this year’s honorary musher, the late Joe Redington, Jr., Cody Strathe and all the other 66 registered mushers drew numbers from a traditional mukluk boot during Thursday night’s mushers banquet in Anchorage. Strathe will be the first musher to leave Willow Sunday afternoon.
2018 Iditarod Registration Deadline Come and Gone; Almost 70 Mushers Will Compete
Veteran musher John Baker of Kotzebue was the final one out of 69 people to enter into the 1,000-mile sled dog race before this morning. Dallas Seavey is still listed as withdrawn since he took himself out of the race in protest for the way the Iditarod Trail Committee handled the positive drug tests taken from his dog team earlier this year.
Ten New Faces Competing In Iditarod 2018; 52 Mushers Already Signed Up
Recognizable names on the Iditarod 2018 roster include last year’s champ, Mitch Seavey, as well as his son, Dallas. First-time registrants include former Nome resident Tara Cicatello.