...between Mitch and Dallas by marking all of Mitch's dog food drop bags "Old Man Seavey," "It was a special order because...point and be the old man, so Janine took all of my sixty food drop bags and changed Old by crossing out the O and the L and...

...Near the end of that leg came the one and only time Metz used the satellite phone he carried to call in an emergency food drop via a float plane after he realized he wouldn't reach the town where he next box of food was waiting for him.The four-month...

...seen at the Tustumena 200 Sled Dog Race with his "big yellow truck" hauling straw and food drops for the mushers. He also transported Iditarod food drops to Anchorage for the Peninsula mushers. He looked forward to seeing old friends and making...

...staff. This date was picked to give mushers a substantial warning before having to have their supplies ready for the food drop deadline of Jan. 21. But St. John is confident there will be a race. ''Three weeks ago I wouldn't have said that...

...staff. This date was picked to give mushers a substantial warning before having to have their supplies ready for the food drop deadline of Jan. 21. But St. John is confident there will be a race. ''Three weeks ago I wouldn't have said that...

...worth taking too, since Iditarod hopefuls will not only get 200 miles of groomed-in and marked trail, and can have food drops sent to checkpoints rather than carrying supplies the whole way, but they will also lean about themselves and their...

...and shipping 1,100 miles worth of supplies for dogs and themselves. Iditarod mushers were scrambling to finish their food drops over the weekend, in anticipation of the March 4 start of the annual mushing marathon from Anchorage to Nome. "I did...