We don't give a damn how they do it OUTSIDE.

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There won't be many mushers on the ice after Unalakleet.

There is no ice.

 

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Lance's Iditarider is looking a bit worried.

 

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Portage Lake

 

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Ass over tea-kettle!

 

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The stupids are arriving in Willow.

 

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Stormy is evicted!

Nazi cat hater gets their way.

 

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Stuck in the overflow. Will likely miss the restart as they will be digging out for days.

 

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42 fish, 2 1/2 hours.

 

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Down south.

 

[Dribble]

First weekend in March. Didnt the Iditarod start today? I should check.

 

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First weekend in March. Didnt the Iditarod start today? I should check.

Yup, and the Tour, too.

 

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February was unremarkable, weatherwise.

 

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Hardcore Muskox Hunters Camp For Permits

http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kyuk/files/styles/large/public/201901/muskox_jim_dau_adfg.jpg


by Anna Rose Macarthur
KYUK

"...For locals, the hunt fills freezers with protein and gathers qiviut, the animal's soft fur that's eight times warmer than sheep wool. For non-locals, the hunt is like a subarctic safari where hunters travel to remote islands to hunt a rare, ancient animal. People still talk about a man who flew in last year from New Jersey. He camped out in the parking lot for a week to get his permit. This year, the hunters know that inside the building, only a dozen permits await...

...They look like nothing else on the tundra. A bull, or male, stands about 5 feet tall and weighs 800 pounds. Females are smaller. Sharp horns curve around their heads. And their shaggy fur hangs nearly to the ground. And they're delicious...

...He eats the sweet, fatty meat as sausage, hamburgers, steak, roast and ribs. And he gives the hides to close friends to make neck warmers, gloves and scarves. He's got so many good memories. He says if he were to ever leave Bethel...

...People are able to hunt muskox here because the federal government brought over a herd from Greenland to repopulate them after they'd been over-hunted. They've thrived ever since on Nunivak and Nelson islands, the Bering Sea islands where the permits everyone is waiting for will let them hunt...."


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Burger and margarita bar on Portage Lake

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muskox hunt

Getting a permit is the most exciting part of this hunt. Otherwise, it's a fairly boring endeavor.

 

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Some bastards ripped off the tires and wheels.

 

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Sledding on Denali.

 

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Current standing - Iditarod

 

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Jeff Schultz has some nice photos of the race up on his page.

 

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Moose and squirrel.

 

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Otter slide.