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March 25, 2011 |
Dog Sledding season - coming to a close
The well-known Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, held in Alaska, welcomed its first native Alaskan champion since 1976. Begun in 1973, the grueling race - through blizzards, whiteout conditions, sub-zero temperatures, gale-force winds - covers 1,150 miles in nine to fifteen days from Willow to Nome, Alaska. There are many other sled dog races in locations around the world, including races in Norway, British Columbia, Slovakia, Spain, Czech Republic, Minsk, and through the Alps of France and Switzerland. The following images are a collection from those races. -- Paula Nelson (42 photos total)

Last year's six dog champion Pete Jones prepares for the 28th annual Aviemore Husky Sled Dog Rally beside Loch Morlich on January 20, 2011 in Aviemore, Scotland. Over 1,000 dogs took part in the biggest event in the Husky dog calendar with teams coming from as far as the Isle of Wight and Devon for one of the most challenging and prestigious races. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) #

Musher Dallas Seavey of Willow, Alaska, drives his dog team near the Granite Tors Trailhead in this view from the cab of a broken down dump truck during the 2011 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race, near the Two Rivers checkpoint in Fairbanks, Alaska. Seavey won the 1,000-mile race from Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, to Fairbanks, Alaska, just after midnight on Wednesday, Feb. 16. (John Wagner/Associated Press/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner) #

German musher, Tom Andres, competes in the 18-km second stage of the Pirena Advance 2011 sled dog race in Pena Telera in the Pyrenees mountains of northern Spain, February 7, 2011. The two-week race crosses the Pyrenees from west to east, ending at the ski resort of La Molina. (Joseba Etxaburu/Reuters) #

Tok, Alaska, musher Hugh Neff smiles while answering questions from the media upon being the first musher to reach the Dawson City, Yukon, Canada checkpoint during the 2011 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race, Feb. 8, 2011. Four ounces of Yukon placer gold is a reward for arriving at the Quest's midway point first. (John Wagner/Associated Press/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner) #
More links and information
Man Is First EskimoTo Win the Iditarod - NYTimes.com, 3/15
Dog sledding photos - Alaska in pictures.com
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race - Wikipedia entry
La Grande Odyssée - Wikipedia entry