Month: April 2016

• Warning: If you eat ugruk and read this, you might qugliaq

  

  UNALAKLEET — Auntie Maggie was at the table, cutting meat that would later hang to dry. Larry was at the stove, cooking ugruk ribs, blubber and qiaq. “How are you folks?” I asked. “Hungry,” Maggie said sternly. Knowing her tone was a joke, we all replied with laughter. “I can’t cook the meat fast enough,” her husband […]

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  April 25, 2016

  We Alaskans Column

• Iditarod coverage: Sourdough pancakes, jam and bacon at this checkpoint

  UNALAKLEET — It smells like smoky bacon and pancakes. Not just any pancakes, but sourdough pancakes. Anyone who visits this Iditarod checkpoint 700 miles from the starting line has no reason to leave with an empty belly. Whether you’re a musher, one of the many Norwegians following this race, a volunteer or a resident of […]

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  April 25, 2016

  Published stories

• Iditarod coverage: Heading to Unalakleet, Sass’ dogs get a jolt of energy to arrive first

  

  UNALAKLEET — For the first time in this Iditarod, Eureka musher Brent Sass voluntarily elected to rest his team at a checkpoint late Saturday night. He stopped his 14-dog team in Unalakleet at 11:43 p.m. Saturday and collected his first Iditarod prize, the Wells Fargo Gold Coast Award. Until now, the longest Sass stayed in any checkpoint where […]

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  April 25, 2016

  Published stories

• Iditarod Coverage: After the scare of her life, Zirkle tries to keep her head in the game

  TRIPOD CABIN — During the heat of the day Saturday, Aliy Zirkle and her 14-dog team camped a mile and a half east of Tripod Cabin. The BLM shelter cabin is located 35 miles down the trail from Kaltag and 45 miles from Unalakleet, the first coastal checkpoint and Inupiaq community on the Iditarod Trail. […]

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  April 25, 2016

  Published stories