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Video: Yukon Quest 2012 gets started
Feb 7th, 2012 at 2:30PM:
This past weekend saw the kickoff of one of the year's biggest sporting events. No, not the Super Bowl. The 2012 Yukon Quest began. What is Yukon Quest? It's just your run-of-the-mill 1,000 mile dog sled race from Fairbanks, Alaska to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. It follows the trail that prospectors took during the gold rush of the 1890s and celebrate the Yukon River, the "highway of ...
2011 Iditarod begins today
Mar 5th, 2011 at 8:00AM: The 2011 edition of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race gets underway today in Anchorage, Alaska, where 62 mushers, and their teams of dogs, will set out on an 1131 mile journey to Nome. The event, which is billed as "The Last Great Race," is an annual test of stamina and skill for both the dogs and their drivers.
The Iditarod was first run back in 1973 and over the years has easily become the ...Yukon Quest sled dog race begins today
Feb 6th, 2010 at 8:00AM: Often called "the world's toughest race", the 2010 Yukon Quest international sled dog race begins today in Fairbanks, Alaska, with the top mushers, along with their teams of 14 dogs, setting out on a two week adventure through some of the most remote and wild backcountry found anywhere in North America. The annual race, now in its 26th year, is a true test of stamina and skill. The racers will be ...
