dekesdogs

Nautique Sky Kennel - 2020, 2022, 2023 Iditarod finisher, 2019 Yukon Quest finisher, live off the grid - with my son and 41 Alaskan Huskies - mush on!

[Mike Hlas @Hlas]

Caitlin Clark was -- I kid you not -- represented at Saturday's ceremonial start of the Iditarod sled dog race in Alaska. https://t.co/cHXx2uu2ZB

[Keith Murphy @KeithMurphy]

Evan Corkrean took this photo of Knoxville’s Randy Naatgeboren assisting his son Deke Naatgeboren at the Iditarod in Alaska. Deke is a Pella native and musher.

The Gazette’s @hlas also has a nice story on this with some terrific photos from Jay Christensen.

[Alaska Public Media News @AKpublicnews]

The once-iconic 1,000-mile race has splintered into separate, shorter races on the Alaska and Canadian sides of the border. The 550-mile Quest starts tomorrow in Fairbanks.
https://t.co/nELpFV7fo7

[Fairbanks News-Miner @newsminer]

It all starts Saturday on the Chena River outside the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center in downtown Fairbanks. https://t.co/gSTD6ycEgP

[dekesdogs @dekesdogs]

Thanks, @uiowa for the shout out! This musher bleeds black and gold! Go Hawks! We got a dog named Hawkeye BTW and he’ll be heading to Nome, Alaska!

[University of Iowa @uiowa]

Lifelong Hawkeye fan Deke Naaktgeboren is participating today in the 2022 Iditarod. His team is wearing Hawkeye bandanas. 👀💛🖤

[University of Iowa @uiowa]

Lifelong Hawkeye fan Deke Naaktgeboren is participating today in the 2022 Iditarod. His team is wearing Hawkeye bandanas. 👀💛🖤

[ADN Iditarod @ADNIditarod]

The last 11 mushers in the #Iditarod are stuck at Elim, where some have been since Wednesday. If they aren't able to finish the race in Nome, this will be the first time in 48 years with more nonfinishers than finishers. https://t.co/9PV5el4yz7

[Keith Murphy @KeithMurphy]

Wanted to share this photo from friend @JayChristensen while covering the #Iditarod2020. Wow.

Riley Dyche is the musher. He grew up in Farragut and now lives in Fairbanks.

Also in this year’s #Iditarod is Pella native Deke Naaktgeboren.

[ADN Iditarod @ADNIditarod]

New: After asking Iditarod to bypass Shaktoolik over coronavirus fears, residents fix up a new checkpoint to shelter mushers https://t.co/gA1nCrb99w

[The Iditarod @The_Iditarod]

Great appreciation to the village of Shaktoolik and volunteers who helped prepare old Shaktoolik for the arrival of mushers, after a last minute change in location.

Current leaders Thomas Waerner and Brent Sass are on their way now!
Photos shared by Hannah Lynn Sookiayak

[ADN Iditarod @ADNIditarod]

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[Sled Dog of the Day @SledDogADay]

Poutine from @dekesdogs Nautique Sky Kennel is the Sled Dog of the Day! Deke Naaktgeboren (number 14!) is about to run his very first Iditarod and we can't wait to cheer him (and his team!) down the trail later today! Photo from Deke's website https://t.co/lu1qsr3PS9

[Quince Mountain @QuinceMountain]

A Deke Naaktgeboren fan in the wild. #IditaRedCarpet

[Pella News - By the Osky Herald @PellaIANews]

At a young age, Pella native Deke Naaktgeboren bought his first dog with allowance money. Forty-one dogs later, Naaktgeboren will experience the opportunity of a lifetime by competing in the 2020 Iditarod.  https://t.co/vaRL4UoCGe

[ADN Iditarod @ADNIditarod]

Meet the mushers: Here's the start order (with photos) for this year's Iditarod competitors https://t.co/rNZdHeDmI4

[David Hulen @davidhulen]

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