2012 News: Media and Youtube Updates

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News will be swamped today on the leaders so I'm not going to post things from sites that get updated on a regular basis unless (imo) they are particularly news-worthy or interesting. I'll try to post things that only get updated every so often. Please everyone, feel free to contribute here.
The news links that are most consistently updated are:

Anchorage Daily News: http://www.adn.com/iditarod/
Direct links to best blogs within the above page:
* The Sled Blog: http://community.adn.com/adn/blog/116441
* Armchair Musher: Sebastian Schnuelle: http://community.adn.com/adn/blog/127576
Alaska Dispatch: http://www.alaskadispatch.com/section/iditarod
KTUU: http://www.ktuu.com/sports/iditarod/
KNOM on the Trail: http://onthetrail.knom.org/
Iditarod Blogs: Joe Runyon: http://iditarod.com/category/joe-runyan/
Iditablog: http://iditablog.com/

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Kirk Barnum Scratches in Kaltag Mar 13, 2012 9:58pm
Tom Thurston Scratches in Unalakleet Mar 13, 2012 3:49pm
and other news from ITC: http://iditarod.com/race/

New dogs seize Iditarod's winner circle The Iditarod has undergone a regime change. Here's how a youngster, a woman and a super-fit thirty something stole the show.
Jill Burke | Mar 14, 2012
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/section/iditarod

Dallas Seavey claims victory in Iditarod 40 By KYLE HOPKINS
Anchorage Daily News: http://www.adn.com/2012/03/13/2368905/d ... ry-in.html

Video: Aliy & Dallas catch up after a historic Iditarod
March 13, 2012 - 11:47 pm From Kyle Hopkins in Nome --
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/160341
Full ADN coverage: http://www.adn.com/iditarod/

Coverage from KTUU includes replay of live finish and video of Aliy Zirkle finish.
http://www.ktuu.com/sports/iditarod/

Live Iditarod Finishes: Seavey, Zirkle, Smyth Posted: March 14, 2012
It was an exciting Tuesday night in Nome, as the first three finishers in the 2012 Iditarod – Dallas Seavey, Aliy Zirkle, and Ramey Smyth – pulled under the Burled Arch.
Hear our live, finish-line coverage of all three finishes. There’s lots more to come – including photos. http://onthetrail.knom.org/

News reports from all over: http://tinyurl.com/7lslppj

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Day 11: Your top-10 Iditarod finishers Posted: March 14, 2012 - 6:37 am
Beth Bragg in Anchorage -- WEDNESDAY, 7:30 a.m. --

Sigrid Ekran finished 11th at 6:50 a.m. Ken Anderson left Safety about an hour ago and should arrive in 12th place in about two hours.

In 13th place, on his way to Safety, is the leading candidate for Rookie of the Year honors -- Brent Sass of Eureka.
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WEDNESDAY, 6:30 a.m. update --

The top-10 has been decided. Seven more mushers finished overnight, a group that included defending champion John Baker, who finished ninth.

Their order and the time of their finishes:

Dallas Seavey, 7:29 p.m. Tuesday

Aliy Zirkle. 8:29 p.m.

Ramey Smyth, 9:04 p.m.

Aaron Burmeister, 1:04 a.m.

Pete Kaiser, 2:06 a.m.

Ray Redington Jr., 3:19 a.m.

Mitch Seavey, 4:10 a.m.

Michael Williams Jr., 4:12 a.m.

John Baker, 4:24 a.m.

DeeDee Jonrowe, 5:43 a.m.

Read more here: http://community.adn.com/adn/node/160342#storylink=cpy

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4AM WED, Nome finish, time it right and welcome three mushers by Joe Runyan
http://iditarod.com/4am-wed-nome-finish ... oe-runyan/

[Ari]

Zoya lost her stuff! :(

http://www.ktuu.com/videogallery/68797406/News/Musher-Hopes-for-Return-of-Missing-Gear-Watch-Ted-Land-s-Report#gl-0

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Youtube videos:
Aily Zirkle's dogs in Elim http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e-Tm7EVCeY

Iditablog 2012 - Welcome to White Mountain Douglas Reynolds reports in the Iditarod 2012 Checkpoint of White Mountain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kQjqub7lMA

Iditablog 2012 - White Mountain Volunteers Douglas Reynolds reports on Volunteers from the Iditarod 2012 Checkpoint of White Mountain. Doug speaks with a trailbreaker, who rides as part of a small team on a snow machine from Anchorage to Nome ahead of all the teams. Doug also speaks briefly with a volunteer in the Communications department. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwnj_E2O3Xw

Iditablog 2012 - White Mountain Tour, pt2 Douglas Reynolds reports in the Iditarod 2012 Checkpoint of White Mountain. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QupGAQp-I0A

Dallas Seavey, 2012 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion, arrives in Nome http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRLxBMoyA3M

Aliy Zirkle arrives in Nome at the end of the 2012 Iditarod Fans greet second place finisher Aliy Zirkle as she nears Front Street in Nome at the end of the 2012 Iditarod on Tuesday, March 13 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dSLaNNmcsI

Dallas Seavey becomes youngest Iditarod champion Led by a team of nine dogs, 25-year-old Dallas Seavey became the youngest ever Iditarod champion in Nome, Ala. "CBS This Morning" co-host Erica Hill reports.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYkBOQFXPfU

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The Live Finish Replay is now up on Insider: http://iditarod.com/race/

[floridian]

Have any media sources covered the strange tracks by Mike Santos and Justin Savidis in the Norton Triangle area yesterday and today?

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Floridian, I haven't seen a peep. News coverage on back-of-packers this year has been horrible.

Under the Burled Arch, Hear Finishers 5 to 10
Posted: March 14, 2012 | Author: David Dodman
It’s been a busy Wednesday on Nome’s Front Street, as Iditarod mushers have continued to arrive: throughout the early morning hours and past daybreak.
From sunset to sunrise, our reporters have been there to greet the top finishers of the Last Great Race. Hear our live finishes of 5th through 10th place:
http://onthetrail.knom.org/

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http://spkenneldoglog.blogspot.com/ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2012
Ryne On Norton Sound
I've been looking for info on what's going on with Ryne. It appears she left Elim earlier today, went a few miles, then returned to the checkpoint. The GPS shows her still there.

In the process, I came across this video of her on the Sound. The caption reads: "I was going toward Norton Sound and happened to see this Iditarod dog musher. It shows the challenging part of mushing."
(video is on SP Kennel and here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8kzE9fnWLw )
Update: Ryne's back on the move out of Elim!

Armchair Musher: Sebastian Schnuelle: Rookie of the year
March 14, 2012 - 3:18 pm
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/160346