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The historic All Alaska Sweepstakes is the subject of All Alaska Sweepstakes: History of the Great Sled Dog Race, by Helen Hegener, now in a new edition, revised with 60 pages of new content and photographs. Hundreds of beautiful photos by Jan DeNapoli, Joe May, Donna Quante and others tell the story of the...
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My current project is a reprinting of my 2010 book, All Alaska Sweepstakes: 2008 Centennial Race. No major changes, just moving the book to a different format and cleaning up a few typos in the original, but working on it has been good preparation for another long-term project, an in-depth book on the entire...
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The Matanuska Colony Barns is scheduled for publication May 10, 2013 by Northern Light Media. The retail price of the book will be $29.00 (plus $4.50 postage & handling), but a pre-publication special is available until May 10: $24.00 (plus $4.50 postage & handling) for this beautiful book detailing the history of the Colony...
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It’s been my good fortune to live in the Matanuska Valley off and on for over 40 years, and the Matanuska Colony barns have always been a part of my life in Alaska. Driving the roads around Palmer and Wasilla one often sees the old structures, glimpsed down a tree-lined lane or silhouetted against...
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There’s more than one way to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. There’s the obvious, up-front way: Just beat all the other mushers to the finish line in Nome and claim the first place victory, the championship. That comes with some nice perks, including a check for $50,000 and the keys to a...
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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 16-dog team straight through the night, passing checkpoint after checkpoint and surprising volunteers with...
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The 30th anniversary running of the Yukon Quest has brought it all together for an exciting event, and as the mushers make their way over the Yukon trails to Dawson City, their fans from around the world are finding plenty to help them keep track of their favorite teams. There are some world-class media...
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The 2013 Northern Lights 300, which finished on Monday, set a blazing pace from Big Lake to Finger Lake, while keeping fans at rapt attention with some very surprising developments along the trail. It was a race which generated some compelling ‘tales of the trail’ for Monday evening’s banquet, and as the mushers told...
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Good analysis and handy tools for tracking races are a potent combination at Mushing Tech, the blog which strives to provide more than just a passing look at what’s happening behind the scenes: “In a nutshell, my goal for this blog is to try to provide some insight into what’s going on with data...
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A New Start Point and A Re-Routed Trail The 2013 Northern Lights 300 starts January 25th at Deshka Landing, near Willow, a sharp change of venue from last year’s inaugural departure from Martin Buser’s Happy Trails Kennel in Big Lake. Warm weather and a lack of snow resulted in a report on Martin Buser’s...
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