Dog’s best friend: Alaska Airlines honors Iditarod mushers who provide best care Mushing over 1,000 miles in the frozen Alaska wilderness is no easy feat. At the Iditarod Awards Banquet in Nome, Alaska, the mood is one of excitement and accomplishment as rookies, veterans and fans of the Last Great Race pour into the Nome Recreation Center to celebrate the culmination of the 2016 Iditarod. It’s no… 1 min read March 21, 2016 Pulling together: In the ‘last great race on Earth,’ sled dogs are family Two days before the ceremonial start of the 2015 Iditarod, 78 mushers gathered for a welcome in a hotel conference room in Anchorage, Alaska. In among the sweatshirt, bivy sack and other pre-race swag given to the mushers is a small but very important notebook: the vet book. It is in this notebook that a… 1 min read March 10, 2015 Keep up with Alaska Filters
Pulling together: In the ‘last great race on Earth,’ sled dogs are family Two days before the ceremonial start of the 2015 Iditarod, 78 mushers gathered for a welcome in a hotel conference room in Anchorage, Alaska. In among the sweatshirt, bivy sack and other pre-race swag given to the mushers is a small but very important notebook: the vet book. It is in this notebook that a… 1 min read March 10, 2015 Keep up with Alaska