Jan 08
The dogs barking is the first sound you hear. And then you see Chad Schouweiler and his sled. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul 13
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Ride shotgun with the heroic mushers whose bravery inspired the Iditarod.
In the winter of 1925, Nome, Alaska, was hit by an unexpected and deadly outbreak of diphtheria. Officials immediately quarantined the town, but the only cure for the community of more than 1,400 people was antitoxin serum and the nearest supply was in Anchorage—hundreds of miles of snowbound wilderness away. The only way to get it to Nome was by dogsled.
Twenty teams braved subzero temperatures and blizzard conditions to run over 600 miles in six days in a desperate relay race that saved the people of Nome. Several of the dogs, including Togo and Balto, became national heroes. Today their efforts, and those of the courageous mushers, are commemorated every March by the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Jon Van Zyle’s stunning oil paintings capture the brutal conditions, pristine wilderness, and sheer guts and determination demonstrated by the heroic mushers and dogs.
In the winter of 1925, Nome, Alaska, was hit by an unexpected and deadly outbreak of diphtheria. Officials immediately quarantined the town, but the only cure for the community of more than 1,400 people was antitoxin serum and the nearest supply was in Anchorage—hundreds of miles of snowbound wilderness away. The only way to get it to Nome was by dogsled.
Twenty teams braved subzero temperatures and blizzard conditions to run over 600 miles in six days in a desperate relay race that saved the people of Nome. Several of the dogs, including Togo and Balto, became national heroes. Today their efforts, and those of the courageous mushers, are commemorated every March by the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Jon Van Zyle’s stunning oil paintings capture the brutal conditions, pristine wilderness, and sheer guts and determination demonstrated by the heroic mushers and dogs.
Jul 03
More Iditarod Classics: Tales of the Trail from the Men & Women Who Race Across Alaska
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Picking up where the best-selling IDITAROD CLASSICS left off, MORE IDITAROD CLASSICS introduces readers to more of the men and women who brave the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race from Anchorage to Nome. And do they ever have stories to tell! In their own words, champions and lesser knowns share their very best stories–how they came to love the race, train their dogs and themselves, and battle all manner of winter hardships challenging the elements in what some have called the most extreme long-distance competition in the world.
More Iditarod Classics: Tales of the Trail from the Men & Women Who Race Across Alaska
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TrailBreakers Pioneering Alaska’s Iditarod Blazing the Last Great Gold Rush Trail in North America
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- Furs and gold open the Yukon Basin and the trickle begins
- the Great Klondike Rush of 1898
- Early dog-team freighting of the Upper Yukon
- Iditarod GOLD!
- Decline and Death of the Old Iditarod Trail
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TrailBreakers, Volume I chronicles the rich history of daring men and dynamic events that force the lock and break of the silence of the unknown North.
Gold rush leads to gold rush, trail leads to trail, until it culminates in the last, glorious hell-bent-for-leather gold rush trail in North America.
TrailBreakers Pioneering Alaska’s Iditarod Blazing the Last Great Gold Rush Trail in North America
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Iditarod Runner Annual, The Official Magazine of the Iditarod Trail Committee, Inc.
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This special edition is a combination of the pre-race Runner and the 1990 Iditarod Train Annual, produced on short notice with lots of volunteer help.
Iditarod Runner Annual, The Official Magazine of the Iditarod Trail Committee, Inc.
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The story of Betty & David Britz’s journey to Alaska with their dogs, and their dream to be the first to finish the Iditarod with an all AKC registered Alaskan Malamute team.
Nov 10
Eowyn and Linus On The Iditarod Trail: Two Alaska Sled Dog’s Adventure on Alaska’s Iditarod Trail to Nome
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Why would anyone run more than a thousand miles through some of the world’s most untamed arctic wilderness? What makes the sled dog a stand-out athlete? Can 16 dogs carry a man all that distance? Eowyn and Linus on the Iditarod Trial: Two Alaska Sled Dog’s Adventure on Alaska s Iditarod Trail to Nome gives a dog’s eye view of the last great race on earth with breath-taking photos taken straight from the trail. Join Eowyn and Linus on their first trek through the great white north.
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