That is in fact the case. There is a long history of Norwegians with sled dogs in Alaska.
Robert Sorlie, a Norwegian, won the race in 2003 and 2005. The only man to win the Iditarod 5 times is an American named Swenson. Many of the mushers who carried the mail and food to gold miners and others in Alaska were Norwegian immigrants, although sometimes identified as Swedes. The man who organized the fabled relay of dog sleds to carred the Serum to the children of Nome, and who handled the two most treacherous legs of the tun, was a Norwegian immigrant, Leonhard Seppala. H Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 1:45 AM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > IIRC, four of the American's dogs were tested positive for a banned > substance after his second place finish last year in the Iditarod. He > denied having given the banned substance to his dogs. Maybe that's why he > was racing in Norway and skipping the > Iditarod. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel J. Matyola" < > [email protected]> > Subject: OT: Norwegian wins 2018 Iditarod > > > The Iditarod is the premiere dog sled race in the World. Today, it was won >> by a Norwegian, Joar Leifseth Ulsom. Meanwhile, the American who won 4 of >> the last five races is competing in an event in Norway. >> >> http://iditarod.com/photo/march-14-2018/ >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
