The 2015 Iditarod kicked off yesterday, an annual event that tests the skills of mushers from all over the world on an eight day race to Nome Alaska. The 1,000 mile long trail generally begins in Willow just north Anchorage, but unseasonably warm weather and a extreme lack of snow around the southwestern portion of the state, forced organizers to move the start to Fairbanks. Standing on the frozen Chena River, we watched mushers and their dog teams continue a tradition of transportation adopted by early settlers and developed by Native Alaskans thousands of years ago.
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Canon EOS 60D, Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM, ISO-100 f/2.8 @ 1/2500 sec.
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