S2E12: Petit leads, but how did we get here? Plus: Fantasy mushing..?!

Iditapod

English - March 11, 2018 20:29 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 213 ratings
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Previous Episode: S2E11: Scramble in Anvik, slog up the Yukon and Takotna survives on pies

Next Episode: S2E13: Onto coastal ice, DeeDee in UNK and oh snaps! Plus, Dallas Seavey in Norway

As Girdwood's Nicolas Petit, Norwegian Joar Leifseth Ulsom and defending champ Mitch Seavey lead a chase pack to Unalakleet and the Bering Sea coast, we talk to Alaska Public Media's Zachariah Hughes about how the 2018 Iditarod shaped up like this and how that chase pack got so bunched up. Also on today's Iditapod, we have a report from KCAW's Katherine Rose about a way for Iditarod fans around the world to get connected to the race: fantasy mushing.