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Aliy finished 21st of 95 mushers and took home
$15,000 in the 2008 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog
Race. In 2009, she finished 17th.
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Contact: www.aliyzirkle.com
Bio
Aliy Zirkle, 39, was born in New Hampshire. She
went to college at the University of Pennsylvania
where she majored in biology. In 1990 she came to
Alaska to volunteer with the US Fish and Wildlife
Service. Eleven years ago she moved to Two Rivers
from the "booming metropolis of Bettles, Alaska."
She began mushing in 1993 and said she started by
running a trap line, then ran (and won) the Yukon
Quest and now she's doing the Iditarod. For the
last eight years has been a dog musher and a
carpenter. She says that sled dogs are her life and
her passion. She enjoys watching puppies grow,
learn and eventually become part of a team with
their siblings. "I consider the Iditarod not only a
competition of the highest caliber, but also a
celebration of true Arctic transportation. "I
appreciate the trail crossing the magnificent state
of Alaska and can think of no better mode of
transportation I'd prefer than a dog team." Aliy is
a member of the Two Rivers Dog Mushers and the
IOFC. She is married to Allen Moore, also a musher,
and has two adult step children, Bridgett and
Jennifer. Aliy lists her hobby as "sitting in the
hot tub watching the Northern Lights."
Results
Aliy finished 21st of 95 mushers and took home
$15,000 in the 2008 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog
Race.
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