This year's Iditarod sign-ups matched the all-time low. Here's what's behind it. - Alaska Public Media
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Who won the iditarod 2023?
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Grit: The Most Overlooked Ingredient of Success, With wilderness athlete & Iditarod Musher Katherine Keith, by Authority Magazine, Authority Magazine
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Snow Meets Survival: An Iditarod Without the Dogs - The New York Times
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Montana's Jessie Royer heads for Alaska Iditarod with elite team
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Iditarod dog death 4 – Craig Medred
This year's Iditarod sign-ups matched the all-time low. Here's what's behind it. - Anchorage Daily News
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Iditarod drops ceremonial start over crowd-size concerns, WJHL
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Our favorite 30 photos from the snowy 2022 Iditarod ceremonial start - Alaska Public Media
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Iditarod - Alaska Public Media
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A little scary': Iditarod begins with smallest field ever
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Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Start in Willow, Alaska Painting, Trent Herbst Musher, Dog Sledding, Mushing Husky Sled Dogs, Scott Clendaniel
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1,400-mile snowmobile trek follows Iditarod Trail
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On Alaska's Iditarod: Washington snowmobiler has insatiable appetite for trail
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String of Dogs Life… and the dogs along the way…