From the Web - Elim, Alaska
Elim: Elim A 45-mile ride today, over bumpy sea ice, gorgeous overland trail, and more bumpy open river mouth, until we reached Elim, where I met Robbin, who loaned me her hat before the trip, and her husband Chris, who made it. (...) Will Elim checkpoint trick put Mackey into Nome first?: The race is literally on in the Iditarod as the two front-runners begin the final 77-mile run to Nome. A winner is expected early tomorrow morning. Lance Mackey left the White Mountain checkpoint at 4:53 pm this afternoon, and Jeff King ... Permafrost researcher finds warm welcome in Western Alaska: For Alaska Newspapers. WHITE MOUNTAIN – The University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Kenji Yoshikawa is making a snowmachine journey from Emmonak, at the mouth of the Yukon, to Kotzebue, about 800 trail miles away. ...