‘THE LAST GREAT RACE ON EARTH’

Staged to honor the legacy of dog sledding in Alaska, the Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race tests the grit of teams as they travel 1,000 miles from Anchorage to Nome.

1913

Long before planes delivered mail and goods, folks in towns such as Seward used dog sleds to move supplies.

2021

Musher Ryne Olson’s team begins the race, run in a closed loop through wilderness due to the pandemic.