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					Cindy Abbott Trains for Iditarod 2013 to Raise Awareness of Rare Disease 				]]>
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It took Cindy Abbott 14 years to learn she had Wegeners granulomatosis, a rare vascular disease that affects about 1 in 20,000 to 30,000 people. 

In an attempt to raise awareness about rare disea...				]]>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 02:53:19 -0400</pubDate>
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					Iditarod Historic Trail Statue Unveiled in Seward, Alaska				]]>
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It could not have been a finer day for a historic dedication ceremony Thursday, May 3rd. The sun was out in the brisk afternoon, flocks of seagulls flew overhead squawking, and from within the Alask...				]]>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 00:54:54 -0400</pubDate>
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					North Pole Bids to Host 2013 International Federation of Sleddog Sports World Championships				]]>
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The North Pole Economic Development Corp. got heavily involved in dog mushing two years ago when it helped develop a new trail bringing the North Pole Championship sled dog races closer to the cente...				]]>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 13:02:32 -0400</pubDate>
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					Soft Spring Snow Doesn't Slow Down Alaska Trapline Musher				]]>
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LAKE MINCHUMINA, Alaska - Weather reports from Fairbanks sounded terrible on Easter weekend.

Clear, highs of 45 degrees50 degrees  55 degrees 

At home, 150 miles to southwest, afternoons had b...				]]>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:10:32 -0400</pubDate>
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					Local Washington Newspaper Recounts Steves' 2012 Iditarod 				]]>
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Jan Steves is stuck. Going nowhere. A tiny speck in the largest state in the union.

It's well below freezing and Steves is deep into the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, the famous 1,100-mile trek a...				]]>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:05:32 -0400</pubDate>
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					Jim Lanier: Pathologist and Iditarod Racer				]]>
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At first glance, being a pathologist and running sled dogs competitively in Alaska would seem to be completely different pursuits. But Jim Lanier, MD, a retired pathologist and career-long member of...				]]>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:00:12 -0400</pubDate>
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					2013 Iditarod Teacher On The Trail Announced				]]>
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Linda Fenton, Waupaca, Wisconsin, has been selected as the 2013 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail.  Linda is the 15th Teacher on the Trail to join this program that began in 1999.

Currently teaching ...				]]>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:15:56 -0400</pubDate>
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					Texas A&M Student Forecasted Weather for Iditarod Racers				]]>
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Texas A&amp;M meteorology student Stephanie Stevensons work extends beyond the desks of an Aggie classroom into the icy tundra of the Alaskan wilderness.

The honors student helped two sisters make hi...				]]>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:46:13 -0400</pubDate>
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					Junior Iditarod Racer Bailey Vitello Brings His Sled Dogs to Charlton Middle School				]]>
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Strong leadership and a team that pulls together, succeeds. That was the lesson recently imparted to Charlton Middle School sixth-graders when local teen musher Bailey Vitello visited to share his s...				]]>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:37:33 -0400</pubDate>
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					Pam Flowers To Appear at Blowing Rock Museum on April 20th				]]>
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Well-traveled explorer and childrens author Pam Flowers will cap off her visit to Blowing Rock on Friday, April 20, with an appearance at BRAHM at 5:30 p.m. Admission is free, although donations are...				]]>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:33:38 -0400</pubDate>
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					Dryland: Missoula's Suzanne Reed Has An Urban Transportation Plan				]]>
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I'm standing on the narrow asphalt road that runs north from Fort Missoula, watching 58-year-old Suzanne Reed drag a shiny metal cart attached to a kick-scooter across the platform bolted to the top...				]]>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:57:05 -0400</pubDate>
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					Northern People: Michigan Musher Takes Alaska by Storm				]]>
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Ken Chezik may have been an underdog, but his dogs finished before everyone else's to win the gold in the 2012 Anchorage Fur Rendezvous World Championship Sled Dog Race.

&quot;In sprint racing it's th...				]]>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:55:54 -0400</pubDate>
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					Fairbanks Musher Ken Anderson Captures Kobuk 440				]]>
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Veteran Fairbanks musher Ken Anderson crossed the finish line in Kotzebue at midday Sunday to capture the Kobuk 440, the last race of the season for distance racers.

Despite a top prize of $12,00...				]]>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:41:50 -0400</pubDate>
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					A Fiery Win For Russian Dog Musher				]]>
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On March 27, Andrei Semashkin crossed a finish line in the village of Ossora and became this year's champion of the Beringia dog sled race. He'd traveled 1,068 kilometers in 83 hours and 16 minutes....				]]>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:28:45 -0400</pubDate>
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					Kobuk 440 Started Thursday - Purse Tops $50,000				]]>
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Mushers gathered their ganglines and checked them twice yesterday in Kotzebue for the start of the Kobuk 440.

The Kobuk features 440 miles over arctic terrain starting in Kotzebue and stopping al...				]]>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:00:25 -0400</pubDate>
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