We went to Alaska in 2008 and while there we met Jeff King (four time champion) and toured his kennel, also Ray Reddington's kennel (his grandfather started the Iditarod in 1973.)and took a ride behind his dogs on a wheeled sled that seated six. I think they had like 24 dogs pulling it. We loved the dogs and the ride was cool. Also got to ride on snow on a glacier on a dogsled. I don't know whose dogs those were. Ever since then I follow the Iditarod and to some extent the Yukon Quest dog races. The Iditarod is 1,049 miles from Anchorage to Nome. The Yukon Quest run in February each year is from White Horse Yukon territory to Fairbanks, Alaska and is also a 1,000 mile race.
With the insider you get live feeds, videos in the check points every day, news up dates, and special interest videos on the mushers and teams. You also have access to a map with the check points and each sled has a Geo tracker. You can watch the sleds as they move down the trail as it up dates. They have live finishes at Nome, the ceremonial start at Ankorage, and the restart at Willow. If you click on the sleds you get the name of the musher, how fast his sled is going, his average speed, and also tells you when they are resting. You have a list of the top teams all the time. I really look forward to it each year and a couple of months after the race they put out a very high class video of the entire race with beautiful live footage from the sleds, helicopters, planes, and snow mobiles of the race and interviews. You see some pretty good crashes in some sections like Dalzel gorge. They also have to race through icy cold streams of running water at some points. If you haven't tried it, go to Iditarod.com and check out one of the recent videos or the new one that will be out soon. Is there anyone else on this site that is a dogsled racing fan? We took a cruise to Alaska On Celebrity and then a land tour including a train ride on the Alaskan Railroad to Denali Park and a stop in Fairbanks before heading home on a plane. Best vacation I've ever had! Fantastic scenery and animals every where. Mount McKinley is beautiful. This year the race was pretty exciting and close most of the way. The winner for the third year in a row was Dallas Seavey followed in second by his father Mitch Seavey. Eighty six teams of 16 dogs started the race this year.
With the insider you get live feeds, videos in the check points every day, news up dates, and special interest videos on the mushers and teams. You also have access to a map with the check points and each sled has a Geo tracker. You can watch the sleds as they move down the trail as it up dates. They have live finishes at Nome, the ceremonial start at Ankorage, and the restart at Willow. If you click on the sleds you get the name of the musher, how fast his sled is going, his average speed, and also tells you when they are resting. You have a list of the top teams all the time. I really look forward to it each year and a couple of months after the race they put out a very high class video of the entire race with beautiful live footage from the sleds, helicopters, planes, and snow mobiles of the race and interviews. You see some pretty good crashes in some sections like Dalzel gorge. They also have to race through icy cold streams of running water at some points. If you haven't tried it, go to Iditarod.com and check out one of the recent videos or the new one that will be out soon. Is there anyone else on this site that is a dogsled racing fan? We took a cruise to Alaska On Celebrity and then a land tour including a train ride on the Alaskan Railroad to Denali Park and a stop in Fairbanks before heading home on a plane. Best vacation I've ever had! Fantastic scenery and animals every where. Mount McKinley is beautiful. This year the race was pretty exciting and close most of the way. The winner for the third year in a row was Dallas Seavey followed in second by his father Mitch Seavey. Eighty six teams of 16 dogs started the race this year.
