March 15, 2001 IditaShageluk Update!

 

March 14, 2001

6:55 A.M. Alaska Standard Time

with 11 Dogs

in 9 days, 19 hours, 55 minutes and 50 seconds

his 4th Iditarod win

Doug Swingley of Montana!

Swingley as he breezes through Shageluk at 8:10 A.M. March 9

 

The first 4 teams are in Nome, as you can see by the official update on http://www.iditarod.com

We have a special surprise for you this afternoon!

Please check back around 3:00 P.M. Alaska Standard Time for this very special surprise!

More from our Elementary!

I was with my sister Crystal when we saw that the bikers left and by the
time me and my brother stoled some grass (straw for the dogs) from the
guy who didn't take the grass from behide the school and gave some to
our dogs. Skipper was really happy and he tried to eat some. He found
out it wasn't food but it was really soft. Lady was really happy and she
went to bed right where she could lay on it. They were sleeping.

By
Sharon

 

The first picture is the white dogs going to the post office. They
always go the wrong way.

 

The Second to the last Musher

By: Krista, Freshman

Pedro Esteban Curuchet, from Argentina was the second to the last musher who scratched. He couldn't speak any English, only Spanish. So we got the Veteranarian John Clator, to translate his words into English for the interview. I took a Spanish class last year, so I kinda understood him. He also likes Alaska very much , and that his wife is waiting for him in Anchorage. He says where he comes from, Argentina, is very similar to Alaska because it's cold both places. He drew us a map of where he lives, he lives at the tip of Argentina, close to the Antarctica. The reason why he scratched was that he didn't have leader dogs, and that they wouldn't go.

While we were interviewing him, he drew us a map of where he lived.