Friday, March 5, 2010

Checkpoint News: March 5, 2010

  
Checkpoint News: Daily Updates and Bulletins from the Trail -- An Official Email of the Iditarod
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March 05, 2010
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What a Night

The 2010 Musher Drawing Banquet Was a Blast

The 2010 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Field is Set!

It was a packed house at the 2010 Iditarod Musher Banquet.  More than 2000 came to see IDITAROD XXXVIII mushers draw their starting positions for the race that starts on Saturday, March 6th, 2010.  The Iditarod Insider caught all the action, along with some very interesting interviews.  Seventeen new video clips were posted overnight.  If you don't have your subscription to the Iditarod Insider, now would be a good time!  Click here so see some of the sights and sounds!

Iditarod Honorary Musher Honored

Aviation Pioneer, Orin Seybert, founder of PenAir, was honored at the Musher Drawing Banquet as the Honorary Musher. Mr. Seybert began his journey as an Alaskan aviator when he was still in his teens. Click here to read more.

Iditarod Officials Prepare for the Start of the 2010 Iditarod

Late this afternoon, hundreds of volunteers will converge on downtown Anchorage to begin preparing the staging area and the chute for IDITAROD XXXVIII. The City of Anchorage will be bringing in tons of snow that has been stockpiled specifically for "The Last Great Race on Earth." It's a Herculean job, and one that many Iditarod volunteers look forward to. The Start will officially get underway at 10 am Alaska time on 4th Avenue in Anchorage Alaska. Race fans in Alaska can see the start in its entirety via the Iditarod's Official Television Station, KTUU. The Iditarod Insider will air Live streaming coverage of the race beginning at 9:45am Alaska time. For information of how you can see live streaming of the Live Start, Restart (in Willow) and Finish (in Nome), click here.

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