Nome, Alaska
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Nome is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of the US state of Alaska. The city is located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on the Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. It had a
Steadman Street in Nome, looking north from King Place, in May 2002
Gold Pan, Anvil City Square
An aerial view of Nome, Alaska, July 2006
Inuit music and dance near Nome, 1900
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
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The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, more commonly known as The Iditarod, is an annual long-distance sled dog race held in Alaska in early March. It travels from Anchorage to Nome. Mushers and a team of
Nome, Alaska
…serum by airplane from Anchorage. A relay of dog sled teams was organized to deliver the serum, which was successfully led by Balto and Togo. Today, the Iditarod Dog Sled Race follows the same route they took, and ends in Nome. In the 21st century, Nome's economy remains based around gold mining, which is now mostly carried…
The Iditarod 2020 start line in Anchorage
Start of the Iditarod National Historic Trail in Seward
Aliy Zirkle's team on Anchorage's Fourth Avenue at the start of the 2003 Iditarod
Brent Sass departing Rainy Pass checkpoint during the Iditarod 2020