"The View" co-hosts react to President Joe Biden’s comments and the responses from Republicans.ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Traveling across the rugged, unforgiving and roadless Alaska terrain is already hard enough, but whatever comforts mushers previously had in the world’s most famous sled dog race will be cast aside this year due to the pandemic.
Instead, mushers will go from Willow to the mining ghost towns of Iditarod and Flat, and then back to Willow for the finish. This, Urbach notes, was the original vision of the race co-founder, the late Joe Redington. In an effort to prevent the spread of the virus, the Iditarod will skip most of the communities to help prevent any transmission, leaving mushers to sleep in tents specially made for Alaska's tough weather or under the stars in temperatures that could be well below zero.
The race will start with 47 mushers, the smallest field in decades. This year’s field includes four former champions, including two four-time winners, Martin Buser and Dallas Seavey. Buser last won in 2002; Seavey collected his four titles over a five year span, ending with his last championship in 2016.
I've always wanted to run the Iditarod. I'm not rich enough.
They should stop this race, these dogs die needlessly!!!!!!!!
This race is animal abuse.
I remember when they said this race would be cancelled because of global warming
The sleds will have wheels this year.
Huh?
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