March 22, 2013 — From Sled Dogs to Gourmet Dogs
A couple days after being back at home from my journey of trekking over 900 miles on the Iditarod Trail and looking for interesting & exciting images of sled dogs,…
DetailsA couple days after being back at home from my journey of trekking over 900 miles on the Iditarod Trail and looking for interesting & exciting images of sled dogs,…
DetailsIt’s Saturday in Nome. The last couple days has been spent mostly editing the 10,000 plus photos taken during the race, getting them captioned and sorted for the www.iditarodphotos.com website as well…
DetailsMy little tribute to Jeff Schultz. This is Jeff’s 33rd year photographing the Iditarod and he’s a man who knows everyone and how to get things done. I was privileged…
DetailsIt’s 1:45 am on Wednesday in Nome. Been a long race, good times, lots of running around. Took a pile of rides on a sno-go today out of Elim and…
DetailsMitch Seavey and Aily Zirkle are currently the race leaders. They left White Mountain 13 minutes apart and are about 2 miles apart between White Mountain and Nome.
Paul Gebhart on the Bering Sea at sunrise after leaving the Elim checkpoint on Tuesday March 12, 2013.Iditarod Sled Dog Race 2013Photo by Jeff Schultz copyright 2013 DO NOT REPRODUCE…
DetailsTuesday March 12, 2013— Elim, Alaska — It’s clear crisp day here in Elim. 0 degrees this morning. I like the shots I got this morning of Pete Kaiser leaving…
DetailsJeff and I were headed into the village of Elim, having just got off a plane and jumped on a four-wheeler, when we noticed a huge cloud of billowing smoke…
DetailsUnalakleet — 7 below zero here this morning. I was happy to have a nice early breakfast with my friends the Ekenweilers. As usual, they loaned me their snowmachine and…
DetailsIt’s Sunday evening in Unalakleet. Had a nice, simple, non-turbulent, flight from Kaltag with Mike Swalling. As we flew over, I noticed race sponsor Penair’s airplane on the tarmac. And…
DetailsWe spent a few hours in the morning in Kaltag and then hitched a ride with Mike Swalling again to Unalakleet. Check out a couple photos from Kaltag and a…
DetailsIt’s Sunday morning. I forgot about the time change, but no worry, the sun will be up at its usual time. It’s warm here in Kaltag, light snow. Shot some…
DetailsSaturday March 9, 2013 evening in Kaltag— I spent just a few hours in Shageluk shooting before moving on to Kaltag. Wonderful people there as always. It was a…
DetailsAfter helping to load 10 dropped dogs into a pickup truck and then load the same 10 dropped dogs into the back of pilot Jerry Wortley’s plane, we waited a…
DetailsSaturday March 9, 2013 I was delighted to see the ceiling lifted and the winds calmed down enough for the Iditarod Air Force pilot, Ed Kornfield picked me up from…
DetailsIt was a beautiful night last night here, clear, warm. Good for us humans, a bit too warm for the dogs. I enjoyed shooting the evening shots without gloves. Had…
DetailsIt’s early evening and I’m in the ghost-town of Iditarod. Woke up early this morning at Takotna, shot some images just before dawn and then Erin and I flew with…
DetailsJeff went out one final morning in Takotna and got a few photos of teams resting or preparing to leave. Later that morning we caught a plane to Iditarod. More…
DetailsPilot Greg Fischer, in orange vest, welcomes a sledload of dropped dogs at the airstrip in on Wednesday March 6, 2013.Iditarod Sled Dog Race 2013Photo by Jeff Schultz copyright 2013…
DetailsLots of teams resting in the falling snow here in Takotna this afternoon, and Jeff Schultz hard at work photographing all the dogs.
After a quick stop in Nikolai, we spent the night in Takotna at the Takotna School. Jeff went to bed early and got up before sunrise to photograph incoming mushers…
DetailsA really quick stop for Jeff and Erin at the Nikolai checkpoint before we pushed on to Takotna. More to come!
Tuesday March 5th — Nikolai 5 pm. So I’ve been off-line and out of touch of the normal world as of 1 pm yesterday when I left Rainy Pass with…
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