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Born and raised in Europe. Jlona grew up in the upper Rhine River Valley and the mountains of Austria. She helped out at her grandfather's photo studio, shooting her first wedding when she was twelve. She also learned all about wildflowers and their preservation from the Bergoma, her mountain granny, who sold pressed flower art in Innsbruck, in the summer months.

Jlona has always managed to capture the spirit of the moment in her people photography and has produced some world class images. But coming to Alaska, she put people behind her, although she will occassionally "shoot" people for album covers and model portfolios. Jlona and her husband Philip have been contributing to dogsled.com for several years.

Here, Jlona captured DeeDee Jonrowe's dogs singing to the crowd at the start of the Iditarod.

I was born in New York City but consider New Cumberland, Pennsylvania my childhood home. While in high school, I attended a presentation on the Naval Academy that included a movie called “Ring of Valor”. It showed Naval officers traveling the world, driving ships and flying planes. “I was hooked." I enlisted in the Naval Reserves and was later selected for the Naval Academy. During my Naval career I was able to, travel the world, drive the ships and fly both helos and fixed wing aircraft.The Navy overeducated me. I have a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, a Master of Education and a Master of Administration. After my retirement (graduation as I call it) from the Navy, my wife, Linda, and I , settled in Ventura, California and ran a motorcycle training program. But a TV show about flying in Alaska awakened a lifelong dream of flying in Alaska.

Josh's Iditablog (www.iditablog.com)

Josh Rogers was born in Alaska and lived there until grade school. During the time he spent as a child in Nome, each Iditarod his parents would take him down to front street so he could “see the dogs come in”. Josh recalls fond memories of Saturday mornings living in Anchorage when his family would go downtown to 4th Ave to watch the start of the race. He and his family moved from Alaska to the Seattle area and for years didn’t even hear about Iditarod each spring.

Then a few years ago, Josh's wife and he moved to Nome, spending their time volunteering at radio station KICY. During this experience he was able to get in touch with his “Alaska side” that was deep inside him. He spent time hosting radio programs and doing news reports. He also spent time studying and covering the Iditarod.

Flying from Nome to Anchorage for the start of the race, he interviewed mushers, attended the banquets, and drove to the re-start. Josh also made a trips out to the western Alaska villages, covering the local aspect of the race. The entire time he was producing multiple reports a day on the progress of the race and its participants to air on the radio, and he was even featured on the television specials that were produced by OLN.

"I stood high above front street in Nome, working from the KICY scaffolding as I watched winners cross under the burled arch finish line. I love the race, and hope to continue reporting on it for years to come, from Alaska and from the lower 48…wherever I happen to be."

Born in Baltimore, MD, Donna lived most of her life there, except for 8 years in Los Angeles and 2 years in Pennsylvania. She has since relocated to Alaska as of September 2006.

Donna worked in the TV business for over 30 years doing jobs all over the country, predominantly in Los Angeles, New York and Baltimore. Working mostly as a camera operator she was awarded with 3 national and 2 regional Emmys for her efforts. Her experience also includes writing, producing and directing.

She has owned Siberian huskies since 1973. "They are my best friends and have lived with me everywhere. I've raced a couple short races just for the heck of it, but mostly we are a recreational team.", says Donna. Her hobbies also include photography, hiking, travel and hanging out with the dogs.

Check out Donna's Pretty Sled Dogs DVD

Team Dogsled

We felt it would be good if you knew a little about the people who help make all the great content, videos and stories that make Dogsled.com a great place to see and hear about the sport of mushing and other great dog sports events.

Our People
Dogsled.com has brought together mushers, developers and media experts from all walks of life. We appreciate the efforts of all the race volunteers, planners, coordinators and directors that help us gather the latest information from events in the mushing and winter dog sports world. In addition to the founders of Dogsled.com - there are many other amazing people that have offered to contribute their talents and time to make Dogsled.com a better experience. We appreciate them and hope that you will too!

Team Dogsled Biography: June Price

Brief history of Dogsled.com
Dogsled.com has been online since 1996 with a mission to provide independent media coverage, community and learning resources for winter dog sports, mushing and dog race news.

Historically, Dogsled.com has seen over 1.3 million viewers in a single month. In 1998, Dogsled.com was featured in a CNN Headlines news feature that resulted in millions of viewers in a single week.

Since 1999, Dogsled.com has been owned by Kevin Kastner and was relaunched in April 2006 as a product of his new company, Popchair Creative, LLC.

We believe that Dogsled.com has the potential to regain its glory of the earlier days and is now positioned to become the #1 destination for all things mushing and winter dog sport related.