Brent Sass was just miles from fulfilling his dream of winning the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska when vicious, 60-mph winds whipped in from the Bering Sea, taking visibility down to about …
Brent Sass was just miles from fulfilling his dream of winning the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska when vicious, 60-mph winds whipped in from the Bering Sea, taking visibility down to about 10 feet and forcing him off his sled as his dogs hunkered down in the snow.
Things get serious Sunday with the competitive start of the race that will take mushers nearly 1,000 miles across Alaska. It begins in Willow, about 70 miles north of Anchorage. This is the 51st running of the Iditarod, but its 33 mushers are the smallest field ever to start the race. Mushers and race organizers point to the retirement of some veteran mushers; others taking a break to recoup financially after the pandemic; inflation, and the loss of deep-pocketed sponsors amid continuing pressure from the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Cece Boyle gets kisses from two two sled dogs before the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race’s ceremonial start in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on March 4, 2023.“Having been here, I can tell you it’s an exciting thing to come and watch, and if everybody else had the same experience I’ve had, they’d understand and want to come back,” he said.
“It’s a celebration of spring for villages all across the state. It kind of brings communities and people together for an event that celebrates the history of our state and dog mushing,” said Aaron Burmeister, an Iditarod musher who grew up watching the race end in his hometown of Nome and who finished in the top 10 eight times over the last decade.Attentive sled dogs await the start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race’s ceremonial start in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on March 4, 2023.
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