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Posts Tagged ‘ Susan Butcher ’

Born to Run: Athletes of the Iditarod

June 11, 2012
Born to Run: Athletes of the Iditarod

When Albert Lewis moved to Alaska from Lake Tahoe, California, a couple of years ago, he brought with him the usual misperceptions and misunderstandings about sled dog racing. He was an avid fan of dogs, but like most opponents of the sport of racing sled dogs, he had no experience with the real deal....
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1979 Iditarod: “The Last Great Race”

May 28, 2012
1979 Iditarod: “The Last Great Race”

“The Last Great Race,” part of the “World About Us” series, is a one-hour documentary about the 1979 running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, uploaded to YouTube by the daughter of one of the co-producers. The 1979 Iditarod racers included Joe Redington, Sr., Susan Butcher, Rick Swenson, Emmitt Peters, Joe May, Rick Mackey, Terry...
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Champion of Alaskan Huskies

December 11, 2011
Champion of Alaskan Huskies

When an intrepid musher and his fast-moving team wins the premier sled dog race in the world — the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska — the trophy presented to honor their achievement is a 95-pound bronze sculpture depicting race founder Joe Redington, Sr. The artist was Bill Devine, a...
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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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