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DAY
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ITINERARY
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ACCOMMODATION
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01
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Anchorage / Arrival Day
Hotel Transfer. Remaining day on your own.
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**** Hotel Anchorage
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02
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Anchorage / Race Start
Morning tour briefing. Observe Race Ceremonies from 08:00 am onwards. Evening: Welcome Dinner
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**** Hotel Anchorage
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03
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Anchorage - Yentna Station - Finger Lakes (Flight)
Afternoon fly out to Yentna Station the first checkpoint in the wilderness. Continue to a remote lodge near the Iditarod Trail.
Plenty of time to relax or for ice fishing, snowshoe tours or snowmobile rides. Overnight & Dinner at the wilderness lodge.
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Lodge
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04
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Finger Lakes (Flight)
Full day at the checkpoint. Overnight at a wilderness lodge.
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Lodge
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05
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Finger Lakes - Rainy Pass Area - Nikolai (Flight) *
Morning at Finger Lakes Checkpoint. Flight into the majestic Alaska Range. Stopover at Rainy Pass, - Puntilla Lakes, - and
Rohn Roadhouse Checkpoints. Continue across the Farewell Burn area to Nikolai.
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B&B;
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06
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Nikolai *
Area orientation and introduction to dog mushing. Opportunity to run a dog team and explore / photograph the surrounding
countryside. This is usually the area were the leading dog teams are taking their mandatory 24 hour layover. Overnight.
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B&B;
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07
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Nikolai - McGrath - Galena, Ruby or Anvik (Flight) *
We continue to fly along the trail and spot teams from the air.
Frequent landings with excellent photo opportunities.
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B&B;
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07
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Nome (Flight) *
Flight via Kaltag and the White Mountain area to Nome. Evening arrival in Nome. Mushers are expected to cross the finishing
line in Nome between the 7-9th day.Overnight.
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** Hotel Nome
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08
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Nome
Day on your own.
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** Hotel Nome
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09
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Nome
Day on your own.
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** Hotel Nome
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10
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Nome
Day on you own. The first musher is expected to arrive tonight.
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** Hotel Nome
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11
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Nome - Anchorage
Scheduled return flight to Anchorage. Hotel transfer, Overnight. End of Services
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**** Hotel Anchorage
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