This is Cingarkaq Wallace’s 4th grade class at Ayaprun Elitnaurvik. It is a Yup’ik immersion school grades K-6 in Bethel, Alaska. These students are learning both English and Yup’ik. This sign supports Nacuk Pete Kaiser in his Iditarod race. Go Pete!
Cingumaarput Nacuk!
Good Luck Pete (Nacuk is Pete’s Yup’ik Eskimo Name)
Listen to it in Yup’ik!
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(Thank you Virginia Lincoln- Our Expert Translator!)
Yuut Elitnaurviat is the regional training center in Bethel, Alaska where Pete’s Mom, Janet, works for the Adult Basic Education Center.
In this photo, Janet, lower left, is joined by ABE Staff, ABE Students, and a few Yuut Staff to cheer on Pete to the Finish!
Shown are Moses Tulim, Gerry Graves, Kurt Kuhne, Kathy Hanson, Dolena Lake, Tasha Merculief, Greg Hoffman Jr., Jeremy Osborne, Janet Kaiser, and Betsy Taguchi.
Go Team Kaiser! Thanks Yuut Elitnaurviat!
GPS now shows Pete and the Team into Ruby. They are in 1oth position at this point. Expect a rest period here before heading down the Yukon River to Galena. He is currently about 5 hours back from the Leaders, but in a great position.
What a nice run and great strategy for our favorite musher!
Some photos of Ruby from the past:
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Dear Peter,
Ape tu waste! (Good day!)
My name is Jay Martell.
I am a third grader at Poplar Elementary School in Poplar, Montana. I live on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in northeast Montana. Our reservation is home to the Sioux people. Our class is following the 2012 Iditarod race, and I selected you as the musher to win. I have been following you on the Iditarod.com website.
You are a cool man! You have a cool sweater! I am sending you a poster to wish you good luck. You have cool dogs.
Good luck to you,
Jay Martell
Hey Kaiser Race Fans! Know anyone in Ruby or Galena?
We need photos! Call a friend and get them out to the Checkpoint for us!
We’d really appreciate it and you will too!
Send the photos to tundratech@gmail.com or there is a link on the right that will do it as well!
Thanks in Advance!
Call a Friend!! A Relative!! Just Someone you Know!!
Go Team Kaiser!!
Good Morning Race Fans!
GPS currently has Team Kaiser about halfway between Cripple and Ruby and moving nicely. It also shows him in about 11th position 35 mile from Ruby– About halfway between the checkpoints. The gamble to push through without rest from Ophir into Cripple may have not paid out well for some teams. An example is Mike Williams Jr. who arrived into Cripple much earlier than Pete and the Team, but who now is quite a bit back.
Weather in the area:
-11F and Wind at 5mph. Much colder, but a welcome relief from the warm temperatures that teams have been struggling with.
Positions will continue to jockey back and forth and I would think that Team Kaiser might rest again between Cripple and Ruby, but again, it all depends on dogs, trail, and luck.
Check out the Kaiser Super Dogs in Mushing Magazine!
