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Tag Archives: Joe May
Adventures on the Iditarod Trail
Adventures on the Iditarod Trail: Fast Dogs, Freezing Mushers and the Alaska Wild, by Lew Freedman, features engaging interviews with mushers from several decades of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. In his introduction, Lew Freedman writes, “March in Alaska belongs to the Iditarod. The throwback nature of the event in a hurry-up world, the romance of the wilderness, the challenge of conquering the elements, all figure into why the Iditarod is so popular.” Continue reading
Posted in Alaska History, Books, Iditarod, News & Information, Sled Dog History, Sled Dog Races
Tagged Alaska, Anna and Kristy Berington, Bob Chlupach, Brent Sass, Bruce Lee, Burt Bomhoff, Cindy Abbott, Dave Monson, Dick Mackey, Frank Teasley, Iditarod, Iditarod Trail, Jeff King, Jessie Holmes, Joe May, John Baker, Last Great Race, Lew Freedman, Libby Riddles, Martin Buser, Mille Porsild, mushing, mushing history, Nicholas Petit, Northern Light Media, Ramey Smyth, Raymie Redington, Richard Burmeister, Ritchie Diehl, Rod Perry, sled dog race, sled dogs, Sonny Lindner, Susan Whiton, Vern Halter
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All Alaska Sweepstakes
The historic All Alaska Sweepstakes is the oldest organized distance sled dog race in the world, with records kept by the Nome Kennel Club dating back to the first race in 1908. The race, which was held from 1908 to 1917, and commemorated with 75th and 100th anniversary races in 1983 and 2008, is the subject of All Alaska Sweepstakes: History of the Great Sled Dog Race, by Helen Hegener. Continue reading
Posted in Alaska History, Book Reviews, Books, Gold Rush History, Sled Dog History, Sled Dog Races
Tagged Aaron Burmeister, All Alaska Sweepstakes, Baldy, Candle, Jan DeNapoli, Janice Doherty, Jeff King, Jodi Bailey, Joe May, John "Iron Man" Johnson, Jon Van Zyle, Lance Mackey, Leonhard Seppala, Mitch Seavey, Nome, Nome Kennel Club, Percy Blatchford, Scotty Allan, Togo
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2013 Iditarod: Buser’s Bold Run
The 2013 Iditarod got off to a blazing start with four-time champion Martin Buser setting a blistering pace out of Willow. Leaving in the first place position with bib #2 (#1 is honorary and does not race), Buser ran his … Continue reading
Posted in Sled Dog Races
Tagged Albert Marquez, Craig Medred, Earl and Natalie Norris, Emily Schwing, Eric Vercammen, Helen Hegener, Iditarod, Joe May, John Baker, Kathy Chapoton, Kyle Hopkins, Lance Mackey, Leonhard Seppala, Martin Buser, Matthew Failor, mushing, Northern Light Media, Perry Solomonson, Planet Earth Adventures, Rohn, Sebastian Schnuelle, sled dog race, sled dogs, Zack Steer
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