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Posts Tagged ‘ Copper Basin 300 ’

Advice from a Musher

January 13, 2013
Advice from a Musher

Jodi Bailey is a champion musher, and she’s the first rookie to finish both the 1,000 mile Yukon Quest and the 1,000 mile Iditarod in the same year. She lives in Chatanika, Alaska, northwest of Fairbanks, with her husband Dan Kaduce, also a champion musher, and their large family of sled dogs which comprise...
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Revving Up: The Season’s First Races

January 1, 2013
Revving Up: The Season’s First Races

Race Updates: The Knik 200 Joe Redington Sr. Memorial in Knik, originally scheduled to begin January 5th; and the Don Bowers Memorial 100/200/300 in Willow, January 18, have both been cancelled due to poor conditions. Upcoming races still scheduled: The Copper Basin 300 in Glennallen, January 12th; the Kuskokwim 300 in Bethel, January 18;...
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Just Sled Dogs

December 19, 2012
Just Sled Dogs

One could say they’re the ‘reason for the season,’ the beautiful stout-hearted huskies which make the sport of sled dog racing possible. With photos from several 2012 mid- and long-distance races, here is Northern Light Media’s tribute to the sled dogs as we roll into the 2012/2013 season:   Huskies at the 2012 Iditarod...
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A Study in Dogsleds

December 16, 2011
A Study in Dogsleds

The many types of dog sleds selected for traveling in a mid-distance sled dog race can be a fascinating study. The variety of sleds is always interesting: long sleds, short sleds, sit-down luxury rides, heavy-duty and light-framed sleds – and the different ways the mushers pack their loads are also fascinating: some with snowshoes...
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Race Websites

December 11, 2011
Race Websites

  • Sheep Mountain 150 - December 17, Sheep Mountain • Alaska Excursions 120 – December 17, Knik • Gin Gin 200 – December 28, Paxon • Knik 200 – January 7, Knik Lake • Copper Basin 300 - January 14, Chistochina • Northern Lights 300 – January 27, Big Lake • Tustumena 200 – January 28,...
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2011/2012 Races

November 30, 2011
2011/2012 Races

Sled Dog Central maintains a listing of distance sled dog race web sites, including the Alaska Excursions 120, Sheep Mountain 150, GinGin 200, Knik 200, Copper Basin 300, Yukon Quest, Northern Lights 300,  Tustamena 200, Iditarod, Kobuk 440 and many others around the world. Race schedules, results and statistics are also comprehensively archived at Sled Dog Central for several years for distance races as...
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Northern Light Media

November 25, 2011
Northern Light Media

Since 1997 Northern Light Media has been tracking sled dog races in Alaska and the Yukon, closely following the Iditarod, the Yukon Quest, and the centennial running of the famous All Alaska Sweepstakes, the oldest organized sled dog race in the world. Many shorter races are tracked annually as well, including the Alaska Excursions...
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About Northern Light Media

Northern Light Media, founded in 2007, is an Alaskan company which publishes nonfiction books about Alaskan topics. Titles currently in print include The Matanuska Colony Barns (2013), Along Alaskan Trails (2012), Yukon Quest Album (2010), and The All Alaska Sweepstakes (2009). Northern Light Media has also produced a documentary DVD, Appetite & Attitude: A Conversation with Lance Mackey, about the four-time Iditarod & Yukon Quest Champion. Northern Light Media has produced two popular and well-attended Mushing History Conferences; and is an active supporter of the Northern Lights 300 Sled Dog Race, run in January, on the Iditarod Trail, from Big Lake to Finger Lake and return. You can contact us at helenhegener@gmail.com

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