At 2018 Finisher’s Banquet, Tales from a Difficult Iditarod
![A trophy of Joe Redington, Sr. — known as the father of the Iditarod — awaits the 2017 champion at the finisher's banquet in Nome on Sunday afternoon.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2017-03-19-Iditarod-Banquet-Joe-Redington-Sr-Trophy-iPad-1200x800.jpg)
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.”
Iditarod to Develop Kennel Management Program
![Aliy Zirkle, mushing into Unalakleet](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-03-08-iditarod-unk-1-14-1216px-1200x800.jpg)
The Iditarod Trail Committee (ITC) announced last week that it’s working on a formal kennel management program to be put in place next year.
With Musk Oxen Attacks Seemingly on Rise, One Nome Pet Owner Calls For More Action
!["Three Wet Muskox." Photo: Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, taken July 16, 2012.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/7584216266_604c8018d9_o.jpg)
Vickie Erickson says that, over the last few years, she has lost four dogs to musk ox attacks. During Erickson’s latest encounter with musk oxen on October 3rd, her family dog for six years, Bart, was killed.