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  Mushers FAQs
Dog mushing has always been a part of life in the Arctic...
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In the late 1900s, many villages had racing associations including the Kiana Dog Mushers Club and the Kotzebue Dog Mushers Association (KDMA) hosting sprint and distance races like the Kobuk 220 and the Coastal 250.
. . . It was the primary form of transportation until snowmachines became widely available in the 1950s. Dog mushing continued as a part of tourism, subsistence hunting, and competitive mushing. The Northwest Arctic is home to many of the great athletes of dog mushing.



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The Kobuk 440 Sled Dog Race has taken place every spring since 1988. The Kobuk 440 Racing Association formed in 2011.

Past Kobuk 440 Mushers

2021
Reese Madden
Nicolas Petit
Gunnar Johnson
Philip Hanke
Hugh Neff
Ryan Redington
Tony Browning
Dereck Starr
Jeff King
Sam Brewer
Dempsey Woods, Sr.
​Kevin Hansen

The 2020 Kobuk 440 was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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2019
Will Rhodes
Dempsey Woods
Tony Browning
Benjamin Good
Nic Petit
Bridgett Watkins
Jessie Holmes
Fabio Berlusconi
Hugh Neff
Jessica Gable
Ryan Redington
Quince Mountain
Josh McNeal
Hunter Keefe
Ketil Reitan
Cim Smyth
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Clarence Wood was honored in memoriam with the #1 bib.
2018
Kristin Bacon
Ellen King
Kaci Murringer
Chuck Schaeffer
Blair Braverman
Jessica Klejka
Tony Browning
Nicolas Petit
Clara Knernger
Jessie Holmes
Julie Fløtlien
Maja Bernhoff
Dempsey Woods, Sr.
Hugh Neff
Jesse Salyer
Olivia Shank Neff
2017
Ellen King
Richie Diehl
Jessie Holmes
Wade Marrs
Jeff King
Kristin Bacon
Hugh Neff
Nicolas Petit
Dempsey Woods, Sr.
Katherine Keith
Dallas Seavey
Jesse Salyer
Kevin Hansen
Jason Mackey
Apayauq Reitan
​Jim Lanier
2016
Damon Tedford
Daniel Foster
Jon Vanderwal
Paul Hansen
Joar Ulsom
Harald Magnussen
Mille Porsild
Dempsey Woods, Sr.
John Baker
Katherine Keith
Vergnaud Sebastien
Jason Mackey
Nicolas Petit
Noah Burmeister
Marina McGoarty
2015
Cim Smyth
Jeff King
John Baker
Kristin Bacon
Ken Anderson
Tim Pappas
Hugh Neff
Andrew Brown
Jim Bourquin
Paul Hansen
Dempsey Woods, Sr.
2014
Jeff King
Tony Browning
​Hugh Neff

Incomplete list/work in progress.
2013
Jeff King
Cim Smyth
​Tony Browning

​Incomplete list/work in progress.
2012
Ken Anderson
Scott Smith
​Sigrid Ekran

​Incomplete list/work in progress.
2011
Pete Kaiser
Ken Anderson
Cindy Barrand

​Incomplete list/work in progress.
We appreciate your patience while we fill in the blanks. If you would like to submit a correction or addition, please email us.
Kobuk 440 Racing Association
PO Box 410 / 333 Shore Ave Rm 221
Kotzebue, Alaska 99752

kobuk440@gmail.com

907-442-4440​