Trail Mix: Esteem and Steam

Emily Schwing performs a headstand on the frozen Yukon River. Photo by Zach Hughes/KSKA.Trail Mix is Alaska Public Media’s inside look at life covering the Iditarod:
I was curled in a cold ball inside my sleeping bag Saturday morning in Galena when Emily Schwing started shouting at me.“Oh my GOD! ZACH!!!”
It was about 7:15am, and Schwing had just seen a press release about a snowmachiner hitting Aily Zirkle and Jeff King en route to Nulato overnight, killing a dog and injuring