The Race officials along with the Teams have decided that with the projected high winds in the forecast it would be safer for the teams to stay in Kangirsuk today. Charlie Alaku and the crew members will be busy checking…
The mushers are scheduled to hit the race trail again by 10 o’clock this morning. The next community for them to hit will be Kangirsuk, but before reaching the community the mushers will be stopping and setting camp at Nuluaqtalik.…
The community of Tasiujaq hosted a feast to welcome all the Participants and staff to their community, and of course to the start of the 2018 edition of the Ivakkak Race. The Mushers and Support crew enjoyed great food along…
The Ivakkak Crew along with the mushers are taking care of their final preparations before the start of the race tomorrow. Julie Ducrocq, Ivakkak’s vet tended to a few of the dogs who had injuries. Johnny Ovvout, Ivakkak’s returning race…
Due to weather, the start of the 2018 Ivakkak Dogsled Race has been delayed. The new starting date is Tuesday March 20, 2018 at 10am. The Trail Coordinator, Charlie Alaku along with 5 support crew members left Kangiqsujuaq on Wednesday, March 14…
For the airline ticket prizes, the winners have to choose between Air Inuit and First Air. Congratulations to all the mushers and their partners. Thank-you to all the sponsors – they can be found on the following page. This race…
Congratulations to Aisa Surusilak and his partner Aipilie Qumaluk who won gold for Ivakkak 2017 with less than three minutes behind Peter “boy” Ittukallak (partner Putugu Iqiquq) who was leading before the finish line. Ittukallak won silver, second place podium…
The mushers are expected to arrive in Ivujivik–the 2017 Ivakkak finish line–tomorrow Saturday, April 15th, at noon, 12 p.m., the earliest for the top runners.
Mushers are currently settling in at Ivitaaquk, their scheduled overnight stop. They will race on Saturday to Ivujivik, the finish line of Ivakkak 2017. They are expected to arrive in Ivujivik on Saturday around noon or a bit later. Stay…
The mushers are currently racing to Ivitaaquk (red char lake) approximately 60 kilometers north of Iqalulik. This will be their last checkpoint before the finish line in Ivujivik.
The mushers have arrived at Iqalulik. They said the sun was shining when they left Akulivik and then throughout the trail there was an overcast, whiteout, and when they arrived at Iqalulik the sun arrived again. It’s an interesting race,…
Departing Akulivik today for Iqalulik, approximately 75 kilometres north. Members of the community came to cheer them off.
The mushers are scheduled to race tomorrow at 10 a.m. from Akulivik to Iqalulik (where there’s fish).
The mushers arriving in Akulivik today. All teams were escorted by a support crew to ensure their safe arrival. Today was not a race day due to the poor weather conditions. View the gallery: https://www.ivakkak.com/arrival-teams-alulivik/
Arrival in Puvirnituq today. They will race again on Saturday at 10 a.m.
Ivakkak travelled 80 kilometres to their scheduled checkpoint of Kuraaluk. It was two degrees today and many of the dogs were overheating. Billy Cain’s dogs would not move today as they did not have energy for the race. Billy Cain…
