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Nome Mushers Embark on Second Kennel Club Race of Mushing Season

By Davis Hovey | February 9, 2018

An aerial view of Nome, Alaska, its airport runways, and nearby mountains, covered in snow in late winter 2017.

According to race marshal Neil Strandberg, for this 30-mile race, there will be one team class that allows mushers to have a maximum of 12 dogs and a minimum of five dogs. The Nome Kennel Club’s 30-mile sled dog race begins at noon Saturday.

In ’15, a Unique Race Season

By KNOM Radio | March 4, 2015

Aaron Burmeister at the Ceremonial Start, Iditarod 2014

In rural Alaska, “race season” rolls on. Early March finds us in-between two of the long-distance competitions that most excite our region: Iron Dog and the Iditarod.