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Iditarod 2022

Teacher on the Trail brings Iditarod joy to students across the country

By Miriam Trujillo | March 25, 2022
A pilot, passenger and dog sitting inside a bush plane

Fans following the 2022 Iditarod GPS tracker may have noticed a marker moving along the trail that was not a musher. Labeled simply as “teacher,” this marker showed the position of Jim Deprez, Iditarod 2022’s Teacher on the Trail.

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Listen to finish line coverage of the top 25 Iditarod 2022 mushers and their dogs in Nome

By KNOM Radio | March 22, 2022
It is night time and 2 people are standing under the Nome finish line

KNOM Radio covered the top 25 mushers’ arrival into Nome during the 50th running of the Iditarod sled dog race. You’ll hear from each of the top 25 and also a couple extra mushers including this year’s “Red Lantern” Apayuaq Reitan.

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‘Paying it forward’, Aaron Burmeister is done with competitive mushing

By Davis Hovey | March 18, 2022

Aaron Burmeister finished the 2022 Iditarod sled dog race the evening of March 15 in 8th place. Even though bringing an Iditarod win home to Nome has continued to elude him, after more than 20 years of competing, Burmeister said it’s time to focus on other parts of his life.

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Pete Kaiser finishes 5th in the 2022 Iditarod, followed by Richie Diehl in 6th

By Alaska Public Media | March 16, 2022
Man arriving with dog sled team to Nome

Pete Kaiser raced across the Iditarod finish line at 9:45 p.m. Tuesday in fifth place.

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Dan Kaduce finishes 4th in Iditarod. With 14 dogs, he feels like a champion.

By Alaska Public Media | March 16, 2022
Musher throws fist onto air while fishing sled dog race

Dan Kaduce raced across the finish line in Nome Tuesday evening in fourth, pumping his fist in the air, as the sun started to set over the Bering Sea.

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Wind almost derailed Brent Sass’s first Iditarod victory. Here’s what happened.

By Alaska Public Media | March 16, 2022
Head shot of man wearing jacket and headlamp.

Brent Sass looked like he had a comfortable lead Monday night over Dallas Seavey, heading into his final Iditarod run from White Mountain to the Nome finish. 

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The Iditarod has a new champion: Brent Sass arrives first to Nome

By Alaska Public Media | March 15, 2022
Man holding two dogs smiling

The 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has a new champion.

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‘Kind of a dream’: Brent Sass eyes his first Iditarod victory

By Alaska Public Media | March 14, 2022
aerial shot of man with dog sled team race on snowy trail

Brent Sass is poised to win this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

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Brent Sass widens Iditarod lead with fewer than 200 miles to finish line

By Alaska Public Media | March 14, 2022
Man riding with his sled dogs

Brent Sass has tightened his grip on the lead in the Iditarod, blazing the trail ahead of five-time champion Dallas Seavey.

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Trailing in Iditarod as teams hit coast, Dallas Seavey plans strategy to catch Brent Sass

By Alaska Public Media | March 13, 2022
Headshot of man who is wearing a headlamp. It is night time.

Mushers Brent Sass and Dallas Seavey arrived at the checkpoint here overnight Saturday and into Sunday morning, setting up a showdown between the two top teams as they charge toward Nome.

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Click below to listen to a special prayer Novena for the end of the coronavirus pandemic.

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