The Iditarod has been central to recent maths and music lessons at a school in the US. Pupils at Field Elementary School followed the Last Great Race from the classroom, tracking the distances covered by the mushers and composing an original song based on the event. Teacher Melanie Moon told the Park Ridge Herald-Advocate that [...]

Although completing the Iditarod is an impressive feat in itself, this year’s record-breaking Last Great Race was particularly remarkable. This is according to an opinion piece in the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, which said mushers improve their skills on the course every year. It partly attributed the fast times posted by the leading mushers to a [...]

Iditarod rookie Newton Marshall has discussed the moment he thought he was going to die during this year’s Last Great Race. The Jamaican musher finished 47th in the event, which began on March 6th 2010 and concluded last weekend with a fourth straight title win for Lance Mackey. Speaking to the Times, Marshall said he [...]

John Stewart was not disappointed to scratch from the race in this year’s Iditarod. This is according to his father Alan, who told the Aberdeen Press & Journal that John "never came here [Alaska] to finish". Stewart was the final Last Great Race musher to scratch, leaving the race at White Mountain, one of the [...]

Departing Iditarod musher Jeff King has revealed one of the many secrets to his success – pacing himself in the first few hours of the Last Great Race. The Denali veteran, who finished third in this year’s race, has announced plans for retirement after a career that has seen him take the Iditarod title four [...]