2021 Prizes
Additional Prizes Rookie of the Year: 2 Air Inuit Tickets | Kuku Tukalak Sportmanship Award: 1 Canadian North Ticket + $1,000 | Aisa Surusilak Most Traditionally Dressed: $500.00 from Avataq | Kuku Tukalak
Final camp before the finish line
All the teams are now at Manittuit! Visibility remained low throughout the day with blizzard conditions that began later in the afternoon. All teams will get settled at camp and the results will be sent to us here once the…
All teams are now in Akulivik
All teams made it into Akulivik today after 7 days out on the land, the teams made good time with the final team making it into town at 1:13 pm. Tomorrow will be a rest day for the teams as…
A great day of travelling for all teams
It was a great day of travelling for the teams, the improved snow conditions made for a much steadier pace allowing them to travel a total of 68km. This is a big improvement over the previous days, where the teams…
Weather permitting, Teams hit the trail for Ijaituit tomorrow.
If weather conditions continue to improve the teams are scheduled to leave Kuuvik tomorrow and will travel approximately 50km to an area called Iyaituit. From here the teams will rest another night and make the push into Akulivik on Sunday.
Team Updates | #3 #5 #8
After yesterday’s race, it was decided that Team #5 Paulusie Jason Irnik and his partner Jamie Kiatainaq would be withdrawn from the race. They unfortunately were only able to travel about 12km before their dogs stopped and refused to continue…
Ivakkak race will be on hold at Kuuvik until forecasted storm passes.
Ivakkak Update Tough snow conditions have been making for long travel days for the teams, the soft snow, in particular, has been hard on the dog’s paws, causing some of the teams to no longer want to run. A combination…
