Here is a bunch of Iditarod audio, in chronological order:
From Unalakleet:
1 - Report from Unalakleet [audio:http://www.northslope.net/iditarod05/UNK_Report.mp3]
2 - Report on the Bering Straight School District [audio:http://www.northslope.net/iditarod05/BSSD_Iditarod.mp3]
3 - Report from Unalakleet on Lance Mackey & Hugh Neff [audio:http://www.northslope.net/iditarod05/UNK_Report_Mackey.mp3]

4 - OLN version of the live Unalakleet [audio:http://www.northslope.net/iditarod05/OLN_UNK.mp3]

5 - OLN version of a White Mountian Report [audio:http://www.northslope.net/iditarod05/OLN_WMO.mp3]

Robert Sorlie’s 2005 [...]

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I took a blogging day off yesterday after going for so long with a new post each day. But I’m back for a while, and I’ll continue to tell you about what its like to live in a crazy place like Nome.
Lydia’s parents are in town, they arrived yesterday morning, and her sister comes [...]

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(yes, the idita-names are done with!!)
Well, what a day it has been. We’ve had a mushers family staying in our upstairs room, its made things a bit more hectic around the house…but I’m glad we could help out. Lydia’s parents arrive tomorrow morning, that will be exciting! Today was a very long [...]

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Sorlie Wins!!!!! He came in at 08:39 this morning. Ed Iten is in at 9:13
I’ll have pictures, stories and audio later in the day. But Now I have to head back down to the finish line.

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Alrighty Folks, I’m back in Nome and the Race is on!

As of Late Tuesday Evening
As of this update, Robert Sorlie has left White Mountain at 8:59, after his eight hour layover and I’m sure is pushing his team hard all the way to Nome. Behind Sorlie, set to leave at 10:50 is Ed Iten, [...]

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I’m hoping to leave on a flight back to Nome in 20 minutes. Here are the current standings.

As of 10:30 am
Sorlie out of Elim at 4:17am
John Baker out of Elim at 7:08am
Mitch Seavey out of Elim at 7:26
Ramey Brooks out of Elim at 7:34
Ed Iten out of Elim at 7:50
Buser still in Elim
DougSwingly [...]

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Well, my last post was correct, I did get marooned only it was here in Unalakleet instead of Koyuk. So I’m spending one more night here, and one less night out on the trail somewhere else. This has given me the chance to speak with a few more mushers that I wouldn’t have [...]

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As of 10:14 am, Monday March 14th
I’m heading out from Unalakleet this afternoon to Koyuk, where there is a good chance that I’ll get stranded for the evening. We’ll see.
Rober Sorlie came into Unksville last night at 8:45, we were out there for almost 3 hours waiting for him to get in. Martin [...]

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Update as of 4:33pm, Sunday March 13th
Right now all the top ten teams have left Kaltag and are on their way to Unalakleet. Robert Sorlie is in first, and Ramy Brooks is an hour behind him. Martin Buser is an hour behind Ramy in third place, John Baker from Kotzabue in 4th, Jeff [...]

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Update as of Saturday, 1:oopm AKST
Will anyone be able to catch up with Sorlie? Robert was the first one to arrive in Eagle Island earlier this afternoon, the checkpoint that for some reason is absent from the maps I’ve been using off the Cabela’s Iditarod website. Its halfway from Grayling to Kaltag, with [...]

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