Eight stars of gold on a field of blue,
Alaska's flag, may it mean to you,
The blue of the sea, the evening sky,
The mountain lakes and the flowers nearby,

The gold of the early sourdough's dreams,
The precious gold of the hills and streams,
The brilliant stars in the northern sky,
The "Bear," the "Dipper," and shining high,

The great North Star with its steady light,
O'er land and sea a beacon bright,
Alaska's flag to Alaskans dear,
The simple flag of a last frontier.

Alaska Song at the Iditarod 43 Awards Banquet

Inupiaq Chuck Schaeffer of Kotzebue, Alaska arrives at the finish line to traditional native drum dancing and singing! Chuck was a Guest Musher with Team Racing Beringia in 2014.

Drum dance at the finish line in Nome

Catch Joar's thank you speech as he receives his 2015 Iditarod award Sunday night at the banquet in Nome... If you can!

Joar on the Award Banquet Stage

Dallas Seavey carried it in his sled from Nenana to Nome... What is a Cache Mail? And just how much did this one auction for at the banquet??

Trail Mail w/ Seavey Auction

Nos is a Native Elder in Golovin -- 90 years old, she has so much knowledge about life in this place .. Here she shares about the "summer use" of sled dogs, going to camp up-river with her grand parents some 80 years ago...

Tea with Nos

A tid-bit from Timofeiv today talking with Katya Wessels who works with the Shared Berigian Heritage Program of the National Park Service. Katya came out to visit at the kennel in Willow as she is writing an in-depth story about Timofei, his life in Chukotka and the many incredible experiences this year racing in Alaska and Canada!

Timofei : a bit about home!

"It's good!" The beginning of the Kuskokwim 300 race trail that is. During the Mushers Meeting today race board member Myron shares a text message from the 2015 Champion, Pete Kaiser. Myron went on to share that the next 100 miles of the trail is glare ice and bare tundra for the most part. The race starts tomorrow night at 6:30. 

It's Good...

On and on and on it goes...Eighty-five names called up by Iditarod honorary musher and Iditarod'sLittlestmusher Wonder Woman Joanne Potts--all mushers are here at the Iditarod Mushers meeting in Anchorage kicking off the many events leading up to the start here in Anchorage on Saturday!

Roll Call!

Iditarod Champion John Baker talks about the Alaskans Changing Together initiative: ACT! Do positive things in Alaska and win money!! Learn more here http://alaskanschangingtogether.org

ACT!

The Beauty Of The Trail

Racing sled dogs across arctic Alaska (US), Chukotka (Russia) and the Yukon (Canada) to explore the ancient place of Beringia -- today...

Team Racing Beringia

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