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…
PRESS RELEASE KUUJJUAQ, QC – March 5, 2018 – Ivakkak 2018 is the 17th edition of the Nunavik dogsled race. This year’s route will head north along the western coast of the Ungava Bay starting in Tasiujaq on Monday March…
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…
Camp of Ivitaaquk and the trail from there to Ivujivik. Mushers are currently at Ivitaaquk. They arrive at the finish line of Ivakkak 2017 tomorrow at noon the earliest.
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 departed Akulivik this morning entering the last leg of the race. The target for today will be Iqalulik approximately 75km north.
The mushers are scheduled to race tomorrow at 10 a.m. from Akulivik to Iqalulik (where there’s fish).
a big help from the community for welcoming the mushers, putting up the banner at the finish line and helping with tie-ing the dogs at the small lake by the airport all the mushers are being hosted in families and…
arrival of the teams in Alulivik lots of snow in the community, some roads, the snow piles up to 3 meters on either side blizzard conditions, with a five minutes of blue sky every mushers was escorted by a support…
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/
A major weather shift this evening, winds from the East subside and now coming strong from the West – and the clouds formation were interesting.
It looks like Iggaak
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Ejeek – Old man winter looking at us
When I’m in the villages and the Ivakkak dogs are fine, I also offer my vet services to the community. I saw dogs with differents problems such worms, paw injuries, eye problems, anorexia and wounds. I also helped a local…
