WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County Library announced that its co-sponsored program with Kelly Miller Elementary School, featuring Iditarod musher Karen Land, has been canceled. The event was originally scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 29.
According to the library’s Facebook post, the decision was made due to travel and weather concerns affecting the presenter. While the event will not take place this week, the library hopes the program can be rescheduled.
Land, a writer, public speaker, and three-time participant in the famous 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, was scheduled to appear alongside her Alaskan Husky, Sophia.
The program was intended to explore the history of mushing—including the 100th anniversary of the 1925 Diphtheria Epidemic Serum Run made famous by Balto and Togo—as well as the logistics of caring for a team of huskies in the Alaskan tundra. Since 2000, Land has traveled to nearly every state to share her gear and experiences with over a thousand schools and libraries.
Mushing with Sophia at Fairfield County Library
WINNSBORO – Have you ever wondered what it feels like to ride the runners behind a team of sled dogs, steering a loaded sled through mountainous terrain, crossing the vast Alaskan tundra, or hugging the shoreline of the great Bering Sea? What does it take to care for a team of Alaskan Huskies? What would it take to be a sled dog?
Last year was the 100th Anniversary of the 1925 Diphtheria Epidemic Serum Run. Remember Balto and Togo and the many heroic huskies and mushers who carried life-saving anti-toxin to the town of Nome, Alaska.
Want to learn more?
Musher Karen Land will cover these subjects and more when she and Sophia, the Alaskan Husky, visit the Fairfield County Library on Thursday, Jan. 29 at 6 p.m.
Land is a writer, public speaker, and three-time participant in the famous 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race as well as many other sprint and endurance races in Alaska, Canada, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and Maine.
Since 2000, Land has traveled to nearly every state with her dog sled, mushing gear, Arctic clothing, and beloved sled dogs, giving over a thousand school and public library presentations.
The library is located at 300 West Washington Street in Winnsboro.
For more information, go to www.stringofdogs.com
This story was updated on Wednesday, January 28 at 5:00 p.m.