In This Year’s Iditarod, Sled Dogs Try To Race Without Snow
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is a 1,000-mile trek through Alaska from Anchorage to Nome. Warm weather this year meant bare trails and trucked-in snow, while intense winds scrambled the best-laid plans of musher and dog. During the Iditarod, dogs pull sleds as their mushers race for $50,000 and a new truck, with decreasing…