Northern Lights and Iditarod 2026 with Tom and Cree Bol

The Iditarod Sled Dog Race is called the “Last Great Race” in Alaska. Tom and Cree spent 10 years photographing and volunteering at the race when they lived in Alaska. Now they want to share that experience with you. On this workshop you will attend and photograph the Iditarod Musher Gala, the Ceremonial Iditarod start in downtown Anchorage, the Iditarod Restart in Willow, Alaska. We will fly in a small plane to the Iditarod checkpoint of Rainy Pass to photograph sled teams along the route.

For the second part of the workshop we will 4 different sites to try and photograph the Northern Lights. We will travel to Talkeetna, and two locations in Fairbanks. While in Fairbanks we will photograph colorful ice sculptures at the International Ice Carving Championships.

What you will learn:

How to create a picture story of the Iditarod
How to photograph sled dogs in motion
Editorial photograph at a large event
Portraits of mushers and sled dogs
How to photograph and edit images of the Northern Lights
Lodging:

Our group will be staying in several hotels including Copper Whale Inn in downtown Anchorage, Springhill Suites in downtown Fairbanks, and the Talkeetna Alaska Lodge in Talkeetna.

Closest Airport: Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport ANC to arrive and fly out of Fairbanks International Airport

We will meet for the first time in Anchorage at 3:30 pm in the Copper Whale Inn on March 5. The workshop ends on March 12 in Fairbanks. This gives you plenty of time to fly to Anchorage and then on to the lower 48 the same day.