Champion of Alaskan Huskies

An Alaska adventure through the biography of Joe Redington Sr., Father of the Iditarod. Joe always had big dreams and strove to achieve them. He drove the Alcan to Alaska in 1948, used his dog sled team to recover downed planes and helicopters in rural Alaska,did the first king salmon studies on the Susitna River, was a guide, a pilot, came up with the idea for the first long-distance race across Alaska--the Iditrod Race to Nome,took his Alaskan huskies to the top of Mt.McKinley with Susan Butcher joining him on one incredible adventure, began the Commemorative Serum Relay Race from Nenana to Nome,and many more adventures. Joe's story and the over 150 pictures he took give the reader insights into life in the Last Frontier.