https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonhard_Seppala
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 10:05 AM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote: > That is in fact the case. > > There is a long history of Norwegians with sled dogs in Alaska. > > Robert Sorlie, a Norwegian, won the race in 2003 and 2005. The only man > to win the Iditarod 5 times is an American named Swenson. > > Many of the mushers who carried the mail and food to gold miners and > others in Alaska were Norwegian immigrants, although sometimes identified > as Swedes. > The man who organized the fabled relay of dog sleds to carred the Serum to > the children of Nome, and who handled the two most treacherous legs of the > tun, was a Norwegian immigrant, Leonhard Seppala. H > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 1:45 AM, Ken Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote: > >> IIRC, four of the American's dogs were tested positive for a banned >> substance after his second place finish last year in the Iditarod. He >> denied having given the banned substance to his dogs. Maybe that's why he >> was racing in Norway and skipping the >> Iditarod. >> >> Kenneth Waller >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel J. Matyola" < >> danmaty...@gmail.com> >> Subject: OT: Norwegian wins 2018 Iditarod >> >> >> The Iditarod is the premiere dog sled race in the World. Today, it was >>> won >>> by a Norwegian, Joar Leifseth Ulsom. Meanwhile, the American who won 4 >>> of >>> the last five races is competing in an event in Norway. >>> >>> http://iditarod.com/photo/march-14-2018/ >>> >>> Dan Matyola >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
