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Experiencing the Iditarod through Instagram

On the first Saturday of every March, approximately fifty mushers and their teams of sled dogs gather in Anchorage, Alaska, to kick off the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The race takes competitors on a more than 1,100 mile journey across Alaska, starting in the south at Anchorage and finishing along the state’s western coast in Nome.

While the record time of 8 days, 19 hours and 46 minutes was set in 2011, the race can often take as many at 15 days to complete, exposing competitors to the most extreme weather Alaska has to offer.

For photos from the Iditarod, follow the #iditarod hashtag and visit the location page for the starting line in Anchorage. Learn more about the Iditarod and track the mushers’ progress on the Alaska Dispatch website and through their @alaskadispatch Instagram feed.

Photo Feature Friday: Iditarod

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On Tuesday evening, 25 year-old Dallas Seavey was crowned the youngest musher (dog sled racer) ever to win the grueling 1,000 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The annual race is run every March from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska. Mushers and a team of 12-16 dogs cover the distance in 9–15 days.

The Iditarod is the most popular sporting event in Alaska where top mushers and their teams of dogs are local celebrities. Some of our Alaskan Instagrammers were there from start to finish, bringing us a behind-the-scenes peek at the action.

To see more photos of this year’s Iditarod, search the hashtag #iditarod

Photos by flordelaluna, eped, cowgirrl3, karibusta, mikavelli_, timakimoff, iditarodlive and sam_oh.