Dog mushing has always been a part of life in the Arctic...
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.
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. . . 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.
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Past Kobuk 440 Mushers
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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. |
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 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 |
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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. |
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