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Iditarod teams contend with frigid temperatures and sleep deprivation heading to the coast
GALENA – It’ll be a frigid dash to the coast of Alaska for mushers and their teams in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, with a wind chill of nearly 40 below zero at the checkpoint here Saturday morning. The mushers are bundling up in parkas they haven’t...
Mushers forge ahead to Nulato and Kaltag, Nic Petit claims 'First Musher to the Yukon Award'
Cripple marks the halfway point on the Northern route of the Iditarod. Many mushers have now passed that checkpoint with a large group also reaching Ruby and Galena. They now have their sights set on Nulato and Kaltag. One lucky musher is continuing his journey to Nome with a belly...
Feds Pump $9.5M into River Energy Research for Galena
A research barge at the Tanana River Test Site near Nenana points upstream in 2023. Testing of prototypes at the site helps technology developers create systems that are ready for pilot deployments, like the one being studied for Galena. The UAF Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP) and the...
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