Saturday in Nome

It’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…

Jeff in Action

My 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…

Mitch Seavey Wins the 2013 Iditarod

It’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…

Mitch Seavey and Aily Zirkle, 2 miles apart, headed to Nome

Mitch 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.

Beauty of Elim, March 12, 2013

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…

Morning in Elim, Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Tuesday 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…

Arriving in Elim Monday, March 11, 2013

Jeff 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…

Shaktoolik, March 11, 2013

Unalakleet, Monday, March 11, 2013

Unalakleet —  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…

Unalakleet Checkpoint, March 10, 2013

It’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…

Welcome to Unk! March 10, 2013

We 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…

Good Morning Kaltag, March 10, 2013

It’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…

An Evening in Kaltag March 9, 2013

  Saturday 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…

Following the Yukon from Shageluk to Kaltag March 9, 2013

After 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…

March 9, 2013, from Iditarod to Shageluk

Saturday 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…

Friday March 8th early afternoon

It 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…

Thursday March 7, 2013

It’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…

March 7, 2013, Last Morning in Takotna

Jeff 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…

Goodnight Takotna…March 6, 2013

Pilot 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…

Takotna Checkpoint, March 6, 2013, Afternoon

Lots of teams resting in the falling snow here in Takotna this afternoon, and Jeff Schultz hard at work photographing all the dogs.

Takotna March 6, 2013

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…

Nikolai Checkpoint March 5, 2013

A really quick stop for Jeff and Erin at the Nikolai checkpoint before we pushed on to Takotna. More to come!

Rainy Pass March 4 & 5 2013

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…