Yukon Quest
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The Yukon Quest, formally the Yukon Quest 1,000-mile International Sled Dog Race, is a sled dog race scheduled every February since 1984 between Fairbanks, Alaska, and Whitehorse, Yukon, switching dir
Didier Moggia was the first musher to start the 2008 Yukon Quest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Dogs race ahead at the start of the 2003 Yukon Quest in Whitehorse.
The former White Pass and Yukon Route train station in Whitehorse houses the Canadian offices of Yukon Quest International and is next to the Whitehorse end of the race.
Braeburn Lodge is the first checkpoint in the Whitehorse–Fairbanks direction.
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
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…most difficult sled dog race in the world", or even "the toughest race in the world"—"even tougher, more selective and less attention-seeking than the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race." The originator envisioned it as "a race so rugged that only purists would participate." In the competition, first run in 1984, a dog team leader…
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