Jessie Royer has been running at the front of the pack in this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. She and her 13 sled dogs pulled into Kaltag first on Saturday afternoon, about 350 miles from the finish line.
That’s even with a fiery mishap. Listen below as Royer recounts how her sled caught on fire during her 70-mile trip from Cripple to Ruby.
Related: Follow all of our coverage of the 2020 Iditarod here.
Zachariah Hughes reports on city & state politics, arts & culture, drugs, and military affairs in Anchorage and South Central Alaska.
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