New Iditarod two-way communication rules for safety, not advantage

Jeff King arrives in Ruby during the 2016 Iditarod (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/ Alaska Public Media)During last year’s Iditarod, an intoxicated snowmachiner struck Jeff King and Aliy Zirkle’s teams on a section of the trail heading into Nulato. And the implications of that event are shaping aspects of this year’s Iditarod.
Speaking with KNOM’s Emily Schwing just a few hours after the incident, King described what happened.
“One of the many snowmachines that were on t