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Tag Archives: Iditarod
The First Iditarod
The First Iditarod: Mushers’ Tales from the 1973 Race, by Helen Hegener. The First Iditarod shares the history of the first running of The Last Great Race, and most of the book is comprised of the verbatim words of mushers … Continue reading
2015 Alaska Book Week
Northern Light Media will be participating in Alaska Book Week again this year, with a book-signing at our favorite bookstore, Fireside Books in Palmer, on Saturday, October 3, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm! We’ll be focusing on our mushing books, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska Book Week, All Alaska Sweepstakes, Fireside Books, Iditarod, Matanuska, Northern Light Media, Yukon Quest
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The Ghost of Wild Bill Shannon
It had been a long evening’s presentation as the mushers, snowmachiners, support crews and others gathered in the Nenana community center listened intently. The trail boss, musher coordinator and others explained the final preparations and outlined their trip across the … Continue reading
The Great Alone
During the 2013 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race the independent filmmaker Greg Kohs followed four-time Iditarod and Yukon Quest champion Lance Mackey along the trail. Combining that hard-won film footage with family photos, interviews and other media, Kohs produced a … Continue reading
Knik Arm
Only a River . . . Knik Arm is the northernmost branch of Cook Inlet, a great body of water which stretches 180 miles from the Gulf of Alaska and splits at Anchorage into Knik Arm and the more southern … Continue reading
Iditarod National Historic Trail
The 2015 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is over, but the Iditarod Trail is much more than just a sled dog racetrack. This network of over 2,300-miles of winter trails, which first connected ancient Native Alaskan villages, opened the territory for … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska History
Tagged Iditarod, Iditarod National Historic Trail, Iditarod Trail, Knik, National Historic Trail, Nome, Seward
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Long Hard Trails excerpt
An excerpt from the book, Long Hard Trails and Sled Dog Tales, by Helen Hegener, published by Northern Light Media. This chapter is about the 2008 centennial running of the All Alaska Sweepstakes race: We were surprised to learn that … Continue reading
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Tagged All Alaska Sweepstakes, Helen Hegener, Iditarod, Jeff King, Lance Mackey, Nome, Northern Light Media, sled dog racing
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The First Iditarod on Kindle
The First Iditarod, Mushers’ Tales from the 1973 Race, is now available as a Kindle book. Telling the story of the first race from the perspective of the mushers who ran it, The First Iditarod also includes the history of … Continue reading
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Tagged Helen Hegener, Iditarod, Iditarod Trail, mushing, mushing history, Northern Light Media, sled dog race, sled dogs
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The Great Alone
Lance Mackey is one of the greatest dog drivers of all time. Four-time Yukon Quest Champion. Four-time Iditarod Champion. Winner of the Humanitarian Award for excellence in sled dog care for both races, winner of numerous awards over the years … Continue reading
1973 Iditarod, The First Race
“W. A. Dikeman and Charles Peterson reported by Iditarod Nugget as “First Mushers Over the Iditarod Trail: Taking 45 Days from Seward to Otter, they meet several others on the trail including Harry Johnson and Bob Griffis.” (Iditarod Nugget, December … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska History, Books
Tagged Alaska, Helen Hegener, Iditarod, Iditarod Trail, mushing history, Nome, Northern Light Media, Serum Run
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