Iditablog.com – Iditarod 2012 News & Coverage

Many of you might remember back on Podcast 2010 Ep 4 in March, we spoke with a film maker named Alex Stein who was working on a film project about the Iditarod.  Well, Alex has finished his documentary and the movie premiered at the Anchorage International Film Festival which began this last weekend.

Check out the trailer for the movie (click here) and make sure you visit the (website)

Congrats Alex, the film looks great!

We’ll let you know if we hear any more about further distribution and how you can watch the movie if you aren’t in Anchorage!
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This quick little clip was taken by Mr. Tom Mute of Nome, AK.

It does a good job of giving you a real feel of the craziness that was happening.

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In the attached video, Paul Gebhardt leaves White Mountain after his 8 hour layover in second position. Can he catch Lance Mackey?

In the attached video, Martin Buser arrives into Unalakleet and feeds his dogs.

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Video of Lance preparing his dogs for a nice rest in Unalaklet.

in the attached video Jeff King checks into Unalakleet as the first musher to reach the Bering Sea Coast. In the video Jeff also receives the Gold Coast award from Wells Fargo

I just looked at the most current standings, it seems Jeff King managed to sneak out of Eagle Island a few minutes before Martin Buser, thus putting him in the lead of the race….but he also got an hour and a half less rest than Buser did, so we’ll see if that has any effect.

I’m here in Unalakleet though as we wait for the mushers to reach the coast of the Bering Sea.