The following pictures are a small sample of the 1200 that were taken at the start of the 39th Iditarod Sled Dog Race. Enjoy!
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| DeeDee Jonrowe on her way to Nome. |
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| Jamaican dog sled team with musher Newton Marshall. Yes, I said Jamaican! |
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| Musher Zoya Denure and her team of adoptions and rescues! |
These next 3 shots are of some of Robert Bundzten's team. Trivia: Robert is an infectious disease physician here in Anchorage and mushing is just a hobby of his...some hobby, huh?
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| Here comes Nicolas Petit...he ended up being Rookie of the Year this year. Notice that his team is nearly all white? Some mushers prefer white dogs as they don't get as hot during the day when the sun is bright and reflecting so much heat off the snow. |
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| Lance Mackey. His dogs are pulling so hard and he's going so fast that he's having to ride the break. Check out the snow spray behind him! |
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| These are the lead dogs. Qualities of a good lead dog are intelligence, initiative, confidance, common sense, and the ability to find a trail in bad conditions. They are the ones that get the rest of the team to the destination. The 2 dogs directly behind the leads are the swing or point dogs. They swing the rest of the dogs behind them in curves or turns on the trail. The rest of the dogs behind them are team dogs, they add the power. |
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| Team dogs. |
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| These 2 are wheel dogs, the dogs that are closest to the sled. They are generally stronger and sometimes bigger than the other dogs as they have to really pull to get the sled moving.They are calm and not easily startled or stressed by the sled behind them, strong, steady and have the ability to guide the sled around tight turns. |
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| Musher Svan Haltmann |
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| John Baker, the pride of Kotzebue |
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