When Pete Kaiser slid under the Burled Arch in Nome on Wednesday, he became the first person from Bethel and the first musher of Yup’ik heritage to win the Iditarod, making hometown fans proud.
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Bethel’s Pete Kaiser wins 2019 Iditarod
Bethel musher Pete Kaiser’s team of eight dogs crossed under the Burled Arch in Nome at 3:39 a.m. Wednesday. Kaiser is the first Iditarod champion with Yupik roots.
Iditarod mushers react to rules reducing maximum dog team size
Race officials reduced the maximum team size from 16 to 14 for this year’s Iditarod. That means quite a bit for race strategies, speeds and the trade-offs that mushers face as they travel across Alaska.
‘Incredibly competitive’ as mushers begin 47th Iditarod
With 52 dog teams slated to run the 1,000-mile race to Nome, it’s the smallest field of mushers starting an Iditarod in decades. But that doesn’t mean the competition is any easier.
Musher Mike Williams Jr. spending this Iditarod at home with family and dogs
The Iditarod restart kicks off Sunday afternoon in Willow. A notable Western Alaska musher will be absent from the pack.
Sea ice almost gone in Norton Sound
Sea ice extent has been reduced to almost nothing after the latest series of storms that hit several communities in the Bering Strait region, causing concern about coastal flooding.