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Characters By Chapter
EDITOR:
Jeffrey Hale
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CH FIRST NAME LAST NAME DESCRIPTION
1GeorgeKoptakVeteran musher.
   Musher - sled-dog racer
2DaleSchullerOne of the mushers.
 Comet Schuller's lead dog.
 BillTurnerThe musher who found Koptak.
3AlexJensenState Trooper sergeant.
 Sally Alex Jensen's late fiancée.
 BobLehrmanHelicopter pilot.
 PhilipBeckerState Trooper Aka: Phil.
 Tom FarnellHam operator.
 RoyHamiltonRace checker.
 RonCrossOne of the mushers.
 JessieArnoldOne of the mushers. Jensen's love interest.
4VirginiaKlineOne of the mushers. Aka: Ginny.
 Sally One of Kline's dogs.
 Bones One of Kline's dogs.
 Rambo One of Kline's dogs.
5BomberCranshawThe musher who found Ginny.
 SusanPilchOne of the mushers.
 MattHolmanThe race marshall.
6SteveSmithThe twenty-first musher.
 Mitsie Smith's smallest dog,
 MikeSolomonAthabaskan musher from Kaftag.
 Jake One of Smith's dogs.
 Spook One of Smith's dogs.
  JohnsonOne of the mushers.
 JulesTalburgenSwedish musher who caught Kline's dogs after her line broke.
 Rabbit One of Smith's largest dogs.
 Chunk One of Smith's dogs.
7BillPeteThe musher who shot the dogs.
8James RyanVeterinarian. One of the mushers. Aka: Jim.
 WilburCloseOne of the mushers.
 PaulBanksThe bearded musher with the DOG cap.
9Harv One of the checkers.
11BenCaswellThe trooper pilot.
 TimMartinsonOne of the mushers.
 John One of the mushers.
 GailMurrayOne of the mushers.
12JoeRedingtonVeteran musher.
 Junkie Cranshaw's lead dog.
 Snow One of Cranshaw's dogs.
 Mary Jane One of Cranshaw's dogs.
 Stout One of Cranshaw's dogs.
 Speed One of Cranshaw's dogs.
 Brandy One of Cranshaw's dogs.
 Black Jack One of Cranshaw's dogs.
 Jose One of Cranshaw's dogs.
 Kahl ú a Lou One of Cranshaw's dogs.
13 AbbottOne of the troopers.
 T. J.HarveyOne of the mushers.
 RickEllisOne of the mushers.
 JohnGrasleOne of the mushers.
 RodPollittOne of the mushers.
16Dave Laboratory staff.
 Chuck Laboratory staff in Ophir.
17EmmaHolmanMatt Holman's wife.
 JohnMurrayGail Murray's father.
18JanThompsonJessie's friend.
 Tank Jessie's lead dog.
19PattyJakesRyan's partner.
  PalmerOne of the troopers.
20JimMillerThe guy who's feeding Cranshaw's other dogs.
22DeanOsmarThe only person who won the halfway silver and the the race.
 EmmettPetersOne of the mushers who helped Mike train his dogs.
 RubyFoxOne of the mushers who helped Mike train his dogs.
23EdgarKallandOne of the last survivors of the 1925 serum relay to Nome.
 MickLordRace checker and former musher.
 Linda Caswell's wife.
24Hike One of Jessie's dogs.
 Sadie One of Jessie's dogs.
 Chops One of Jessie's dogs.
 Jon VanZyleThe official artist of the Iditarod for nearly thirty years.
26JosephStalinGeneral Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
27LibbyRiddlesThe first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
 Bunker The one who taught Caswell to fly.
28KenCarpenterThe sergeant in Detachment D, Nome Post.
 Hobo Jim A regular in the Nome Iditarod celebration.
 Cruiser One of Jessie's dogs.
29Betsy One of Schuller's dogs.
 Pepper One of Schuller's dogs.
30RedOlsonA logger.
 Frank One of the race followers.
31AliceYupanukJessie's Eskimo friend.
Murder on the Iditarod Trail suggested by Elizabeth Robinson
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