Short naps propelled this scientist to a seemingly unreachable destination

Updated: 15 minutes agoPeter Delamere poses in front of a sign in Rainy Pass in the Alaska Range during the 2024 Iditarod Trail Invitational race. On his face is a “nose-hat” invented by Fairbanks athlete Shalane Frost.

“I crawled across the landscape, inching closer and closer to McGrath, but with the finish seemingly out of reach,” Delamere wrote in a summary of his recent experience. Peter Delamere pauses in front of a UAF Planet Walk sign at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, with the International Arctic Research Center and the Geophysical Institute in the background.

“The problem with wearing boots in a sleeping bag is that the cold thermal mass of the boot will eventually freeze your feet,” he said. “Kevin and Clinton finished about 12 hours ahead of me with minimal sleep,” he said. “The ‘youngsters’ that finished behind me probably slept longer at the checkpoints.

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