2019 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
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Anna Berington at the Unalakleet checkpoint on March 11, 2019. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes / Alaska Public Media)
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Wade Marrs's broken sled in Unalakleet on March 11, 2019. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes / Alaska Public Media)
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Brett Brugerman at the Unalakleet checkpoint on March 11, 2019. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes / Alaska Public Media)
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Brett Bruggeman's dogs at the Unalakleet checkpoint on March 11, 2019 during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes / Alaska Public Media)
Brett Bruggeman's dogs at the Unalakleet checkpoint on March 11, 2019 during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes / Alaska Public Media)![](https://media.alaskapublic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20190311-ZH-Unk-Martin-Buser-talking-to-his-wife-on-the-phone-at-the-Unalakleet-checkpoint-638x420.jpg)
Martin Buser talking to his wife on the phone at the Unalakleet checkpoint on March 11, 2019. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes / Alaska Public Media)
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Nic Petit arrives in Iditarod before leaving quickly on the trail on March 7, 2019. (Ben Matheson/KNOM/Alaska Public Media photo)
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Aliy Zirkle feeds her team during their 24 hour break on March 7, 2019. (Ben Matheson/KNOM/Alaska Public Media photo)
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A bank deposit slip on the floor of an abandoned building in the ghost town of Iditarod on March 7, 2019. (Photo by Ben Matheson)
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Joar Liefseth Ulsom sorts through drop bag supplies in Iditarod on March 7, 2019. (Photo by Ben Matheson)
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Joar Leifseth Ulsom carried one dog into the checkpoint of Iditarod on March 7, 2019. (Ben Matheson/KNOM/Alaska Public Media photo)
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Jessie Holmes' team rests in the warm day on March 6, 2019. (Ben Matheson/KNOM/Alaska Public Media photo)
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Jessie Holmes' team rests in the warm daytime temps on March 6, 2019. (Ben Matheson/KNOM/Alaska Public Media photo)
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The Iditarod's Ophir checkpoint, located at a family cabin in the old mining area, on March 6, 2019. (Photo by Ben Matheson)
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Jessie Holmes feeds his dogs at the Skwentna checkpoint on March 3, 2019. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media)
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Skwentna Lodge checkpoint from the air on March 3, 2019. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media)
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Emily Maxwell signs an Iditarod themed Monopoly game for a child Skwentna checkpoint on March 3, 2019. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media)
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Five dog teams piled up heading toward the Yentna Station checkpoint on March 3, 2019. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media)
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Anna Berrington at the Skwentna checkpoint on March 3, 2019. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media)
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A dog team heading toward the Yentna Station checkpoint on March 3, 2019. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media)
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A dog team heading toward the Yentna Station checkpoint on March 3, 2019. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media)
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Fifty-two mushers running the 2019 Iditarod took part in the ceremonial start in downtown Anchorage on Saturday, March 2. (Ben Matheson/KNOM/Alaska Public Media photo)
The 47th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race began Sunday, with 52 dog teams speeding out of Willow and up the 1,000-mile trail to Nome. Find the latest episodes of Alaska Public Media’s Iditapod podcast here.