Coast Guard sponsored Iditarod musher departs on day 2 of 1049-mile race
The Coast Guard is sponsoring Ken Anderson, a 12-year Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race veteran during the 2013 Iditarod race. The race extends through 1049 miles of some of Alaska’s toughest terrain and e is known as “The last great race on Earth.”
The Coast Guard is sponsoring Anderson as part of an outreach effort to the villages in remote northern Alaska and in tribute to the Coast...
Coast Guard sponsored musher begins the Iditarod
Anchorage – Coast Guard sponsored Iditarod musher Ken Anderson departed on the first leg of the 41st running of the Iditarod in Anchorage, Alaska, March 2, 2013.
The Coast Guard is sponsoring Anderson in the 41st Iditarod as part of an outreach effort to the villages in remote northern Alaska and in tribute to the Coast Guard’s historical partnership with the people of Alaska.
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Coast Guard sponsors 10-year Iditarod musher again
The Coast Guard is proudly sponsoring 10-year Iditarod race veteran Ken Anderson in his 2011 Iditarod race attempt. U.S. Coast Guard illustration by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Coast Guard is proudly sponsoring the 10-year Iditarod Trail Sled Dog racing veteran, Ken Anderson, in his 2011 Iditarod race attempt extending 1,150 miles from Anchorage to Nome beginning...
Coast Guard and Iditarod veteran team up again
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Coast Guard is sponsoring 10-year Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race veteran Ken Anderson, a Fairbanks resident who placed fourth flying the Coast Guard banner last year, for the 2011 race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska beginning March 5.
Across frozen Alaska
by PA1 David Mosley
Late in the year of 1897, an urgent letter was dispatched to Capt. Francis Tuttle, commander of the Revenue Cutter Bear. Tuttle and his crew had just returned to Seattle following a long summer spent operating in Alaskan waters, when the letter was received informing Tuttle that eight whaling vessels and 265 crewmen were trapped in the ice of the Arctic Ocean near Point Barrow....
Coast Guard-sponsored musher finishes in the top five in Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
WASHINGTON — Coast Guard-sponsored veteran dog sled racer Ken Anderson placed fourth in the 2010 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Tuesday, traveling 1,049 miles from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska.
Coast Guard sponsored musher finishes 4th in Iditarod
JUNEAU, Alaska – Veteran dog sled racer and Coast Guard sponsored Iditarod musher, Ken Anderson, crossed the finish line in Nome fourth in this year’s 38th annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race traveling 1,049 miles across Alaska.
Musher Ken Anderson commemorates one of the greatest Coast Guard rescues
Coast Guard sponsored Iditarod musher Ken Anderson could be headed toward a top five finish in the 2010 Iditarod. After starting in 51st position and being as far back as 19th as late as Cripple, Alaska, Anderson departed Koyuk in 4th place. Anderson’s Coast Guard sponsored run is reminiscent of another Coast Guard dogsled race in the late-1800’s.
Coast Guard sponsored Iditarod musher to visit Eagle River Elementary School
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Coast Guard sponsored Iditarod musher Ken Anderson and Coast Guard personnel will be talking about the Iditarod and the missions of the Coast Guard during a visit with the students of Fire Lake Elementary School in Eagle River at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
