Alaska's Iditarod Trail sled dog race – in pictures
A leader in a dog team tugs at its harness at the startlinePhotograph: Bill Roth//The Anchorage Daily News/APA vet checks out Claire, a member of Sigrid Ekran's team from Sparbu, NorwayPhotograph: Marc Lester/The Anchorage Daily News/APA competitor reaches out towards fans in WillowPhotograph: Bill Roth/The Anchorage Daily News/AP
A musher heads toward the Finger Lake checkpointPhotograph: Marc Lester/The Anchorage Daily News/APDogs ready to hit the trail in WillowPhotograph: Wayde Carroll/ReutersA team heads towards Nome Photograph: Wayde Carroll/ReutersA dog grabs a quick snow snack as the team wait for a slower musherPhotograph: Richard J. Murphy/The Anchorage Daily News/APA team arrives at the Nikolai checkpoint Photograph: Marc Lester/The Anchorage Daily News/APDogs are led from the Nikolai checkpoint Photograph: Marc Lester/The Anchorage Daily News/APA competitor puts booties on one of his dogs as he prepares to leave the Skwentna checkpointPhotograph: Marc Lester/The Anchorage Daily News/APA team leaves the checkpoint in NikolaiPhotograph: KeystoneUSA-ZUMA / Rex Features/Rex FeaturesToby, a leader dog, rests in straw in NikolaiPhotograph: Marc Lester/The Anchorage Daily News/APThe four-time Iditarod champion Martin Buser prepares his team to leave the checkpoint in NikolaiPhotograph: Marc Lester/The Anchorage Daily News/AP
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