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Author Archives: Helen Hegener
The Beautiful Matanuska Valley
The Beautiful Matanuska Valley is a tribute to a very special part of the Last Frontier, a unique valley surrounded by towering mountains, bordered on its southern edge by the tidewaters of Knik Arm, a branch of Cook Inlet, crossed … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Helen Hegener, Iditarod, Knik, Matanuska, Northern Light Media, Palmer, Wasilla
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The First Iditarod
“Musher after musher agrees that no one – racers or officials – knew what to expect.” ~Bill Sherwonit in Iditarod: The Great Race to Nome (Alaska Northwest Books, 1991) This book is the result of several years of researching, interviewing, … Continue reading
On Cover Designs
At some point in writing each of my books I’ll take a break from the writing and play with the cover design. This isn’t just an exercise in graphic arts, the process of putting the book cover together often helps … Continue reading
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Tagged Helen Hegener, Iditarod, mushing history, mushing video, Northern Light Media, sled dog racing, sled dogs
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Iditarod Adventures
Iditarod Adventures: Tales from Mushers Along the Trail, by Lew Freedman, illustrations by Jon Van Zyle (Alaska Northwest Books, 2015). In this splendid collection of profiles and ‘tales of the trail,’ written by the mushers themselves, twenty-three top Iditarod and … Continue reading
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Tagged Iditarod, Iditarod Adventures, Iditarod Trail, Lew Freedman, Northern Light Media, Sebastian Schnuelle, sled dog racing, Yukon Quest
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The 1973 Iditarod
The First Iditarod: Mushers’ Tales from the 1973 Race, by Helen Hegener. Published in March, 2015 by Northern Light Media. 156 pages. ISBN-13 978-0-9843977-6-1 Format 6″ x 9″ perfect bound, text only, no photos. $20.00 plus $5.00 shipping and handling … Continue reading
Yukon Quest Checkpoint 101
Driving up the western flank of the White Mountains one passes the colorful Yukon Quest checkpoint of 101, so named because it is, in fact, 101 miles from Fairbanks on the 161-mile long Steese Highway. Starting out as only a … Continue reading
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Tagged 101 checkpoint, Albert Marquez, Eagle Summit, Peter Kamper, Steese Highway, Yukon Quest
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Leonhard Seppala’s Cabin
The legendary Alaskan dog musher Leonhard Seppala, who won the All Alaska Sweepstakes three times and played a key role in delivering the life-saving serum to Nome in 1925, lived in many places, from Norway to Nome, Maine, and Seattle, … Continue reading
BLM Idita-Tweet Chat
The BLM Alaska will be hosting a “Women of the Iditarod” Tweet Chat on Wednesday, Jan. 28, from 9 to 11 a.m. (AKST; 1 to 3 p.m. EST), focusing on women mushers, the history of women mushers, the Iditarod National … Continue reading
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Tagged Aliy Zirkle, BLM Alaska, Heidi Sutter, Helen Hegener, Iditachat, Iditarod mushers, Iditarod National Historic Trail, Iditarod Sled Dog Race, Jodi Bailey, Karin Hendrickson, Kevin Keeler, Lisbet Skogan Norris, Liz Parrish, Northern Light Media, Tweet Chat, Women of the Iditarod
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