Tag Archives: Northern Light Media

2015 Northern Lights 300

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Helen Hegener

The 2015 Northern Lights 300 sled dog race from Big Lake to Finger Lake drew a diverse field of mushers from many areas of Alaska, with some mushers racing to qualify for the long distance Iditarod and Yukon Quest races, … Continue reading →

Posted in Sled Dog Races | Tagged Albert Marquez, Anna Berington, Barry Munsell, Bud Smyth, Charley Bejna, Christine Roalofs, Darrin Lee, Ellen Halverson, Finger Lake, Flat Horn Lake, Happy Trails Kennel, Helen Hegener, Iditarod Trail, Jodi Bailey, Kevin Saiki, Kristy Berington, Louis Schrader, Martin Buser, mushing, NL300, Noah Pereira, Northern Light Media, Northern Lights 300, Planet Earth Adventures, Richard Plack, Robert Redington, Roger Phillips, sled dog race, sled dog racing, sled dogs, Stan Smith, Sue Allen, Talvista Lodge, Tom Jamgochian, Yentna Station | Leave a comment

BLM Idita-Tweet Chat

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Helen Hegener

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 →

Posted in News & Information | 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 | Leave a comment

A One-Thousand-Mile Race

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Helen Hegener

Joe Redington, Sr., known as the “Father of the Iditarod,” was born on February 1, 1917, in a tent on the banks of the Cimarron River, north of Kingfisher, Oklahoma, on the famous Chisholm Trail. It was a fitting … Continue reading →

Posted in Alaska History, Books, Sled Dog Races | Tagged Anchorage, Dick Mackey, Helen Hegener, Iditarod, Isaac Okleasik, Joe Redington, Knik, Leonhard Seppala, mushing, mushing history, Nome, Northern Light Media, sled dog race | Leave a comment

The First Iditarod

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Helen Hegener

The book I’m currently working on is the result of several years of researching, interviewing, and writing, beginning with an idea which took shape in 2007. That’s when I learned that a musher from the very first Iditarod Trail Sled … Continue reading →

Posted in Alaska History, Books | Tagged 1973, Barry MacAlpine, Helen Hegener, Herbie Nayokpuk, Iditarod, Joe Redington, Northern Light Media, sled dog race, sled dog racing, sled dogs | 1 Comment

Baldy of Nome

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Helen Hegener

Scotty Allan’s Legendary Leader A chapter from Along Alaskan Trails, Adventures in Sled Dog History In Esther Birdsall Darling’s classic book, Baldy of Nome, a story is told of a driverless dog team in the 60-mile-long Solomon Derby, a race … Continue reading →

Posted in Alaska History, Books | Tagged Alaska, All Alaska Sweepstakes, Allan Alexander Allan, Baldy of Nome, Helen Hegener, mushing, mushing history, Nome, Northern Light Media, Percy Blatchford, Scotty Allan, sled dog race, sled dog racing, sled dogs | Leave a comment

A Look at The Yukon Quest Trail

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Helen Hegener

The newest book from Northern Light Media is a captivating journey traced each February by hardy mushers and their teams of lionhearted sled dogs, traveling, as the subtitle states, ‘1,000 miles across northern Alaska and the Yukon Territory.’ Over frozen … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Sled Dog Races | Tagged Alaska, Dawson City, Eric Vercammen, Fairbanks, Helen Hegener, Lance Mackey, mushing, mushing history, Northern Light Media, Robert Service, Scott Chesney, sled dog race, sled dog racing, sled dogs, The Spell of the Yukon, Whitehorse, Yukon Quest | 1 Comment

The Yukon Quest Trail

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Helen Hegener

The Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race spans some of the harshest and most beautiful winter territory anywhere: 1,000 miles between Fairbanks, Alaska and the city of Whitehorse in Canada’s Yukon Territory. Known as ‘The World’s Toughest Sled Dog Race,’ it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Sled Dog Races | Tagged Alaska, Dawson City, Eric Vercammen, Fairbanks, Helen Hegener, Lance Mackey, mushing, mushing history, Northern Light Media, Scott Chesney, sled dog race, sled dog racing, sled dogs, Whitehorse, Yukon Quest | Leave a comment

The Yukon Quest Trail

Posted on November 28, 2014 by Helen Hegener

The Yukon Quest Trail: 1,000 Miles Across Northern Alaska and the Yukon Territory, by Helen Hegener, will be published by Northern Light Media in December, 2014. With over 180 full-color photographs by the author and by photographers Eric Vercammen and … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Sled Dog Races | Tagged Dawson City, Eric Vercammen, Fairbanks, Helen Hegener, Iditarod, John Schandelmeier, mushing, Northern Light Media, Scott Chesney, sled dog race, sled dogs, Whitehorse, Yukon Quest, Yukon River | Leave a comment

Yukon Quest 2015

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Helen Hegener

“People say I’m crazy- but I’m not the only one…” — John Lennon The 2015 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race will start February 7 in downtown Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, and travel 991 miles (1,594 kilometers) to Fairbanks, Alaska. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Sled Dog Races | Tagged Dawson City, Fairbanks, Helen Hegener, Mark Gillett, mushing, Northern Light Media, sled dog racing, sled dogs, Suitcase Media, Whitehorse, Yukon Quest | Leave a comment

They Were New Dogs . . . .

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Helen Hegener

From The Call of the Wild, by Jack London: “They were new dogs, utterly transformed by the harness. All passiveness and unconcern had dropped from them. They were alert and active, anxious that the work should go well, and fiercely … Continue reading →