Thank you Kathleen for sharing your knowledge and experience. I sure appreciate it.
I will attempt to give some information concerning what I have learned to possibly cut down on costs.

Northern Air Cargo.
I spoke to a lady there at length about 3 months ago. She asked that I contact her when we have more specific information such as the…[Read more]

I understand we need 2 crates for the expedition but sharing crates / boxes could still potentially assist with costs. Maybe?

Kirsten and I were talking about ways to share shipping expenses for dogs. We need to have solid numbers for shipping costs and number of dogs, but there may be a way to either share a dog box or share airline kennels. If Kirsten and shipped our dogs out from Nome in the boxes that Phil makes, we may be able to ship the box (or Kennels) back to…[Read more]

Here is an inexpensive option for booties.
https://www.promushing.com/product/red-bootie-pack-of-100-booties/. They are 60 dollars for packs of 100. They are made by non-stop.
Also, they sell dog coats at reduced prices when purchasing more than 5. https://www.promushing.com/product/long-distance-jacket/

If anyone is interested in having a host family in Nome instead of paying for a hotel, let me know and I can start putting feelers out for housing. If you prefer the comfort of a hotel there is the Aurora Inn (https://aurorainnome.com/) which Robert mentioned and also Dredge #7 (http://dredge7inn.com/). We can also help get your dogs teams and…[Read more]

Good afternoon Team. I have had a few side conversations with folks on various concerns so decided to attempt to share what I know / think / feel as of today. We are still planning the Serum Run Expedition 2020 and I am more than excited to embark on this journey together with other mushers and trail folks. It sounds like we have all have gifts of…[Read more]

Northern Air Cargo does have a backhaul rate for single dogs in an airline crate for $50 each. I am not sure how this would compare to shipping dogs in a single dog box. If these boxes are available, does anyone have the dimensions and approxiamate weight? I have been working with a specific person at Northern Air Cargo on Serum Run shipping…[Read more]