Balmy weather keeps lead pack of Yukon Quest mushers tight - Alaska Dispatch

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Balmy weather keeps lead pack of Yukon Quest mushers tight
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Balmy weather by Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race standards has allowed a pack of seven top mushers to bunch up at the front of the pack at Slaven's Roadhouse Dog Drop, nearly 300 miles into the marathon from Fairbanks to Whitehorse.
Neff, Sass separated by minutes in Yukon QuestAnchorage Daily News
Deep overflows, daunting drop at Eagle Summit test Yukon Quest mushers, dogs ...Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Yukon Quest Leaders Leave CircleAlaska Public Radio Network
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Longtime volunteers keep Yukon Quest's Mile 101 checkpoint lively - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

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Longtime volunteers keep Yukon Quest's Mile 101 checkpoint lively
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
As mushers hit the trail for Circle, longtime Quest supporter Carl Cochrane is on their minds. His cabin, on the notoriously frigid Birch Creek outside of Circle, has been a longtime respite for mushers. Hugh Neff, who spoke of Cochrane generously (he ...

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2012 Yukon Quest begins; Sass takes early lead - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

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2012 Yukon Quest begins; Sass takes early lead
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
FAIRBANKS — You'd think most mushers prepping for the 1000-mile Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race would be a little nervous before the start. You'd probably be right. “This is the first race I've ever been nervous for,” Two Rivers rookie Jason ...
Quest mushers leave FairbanksTheNewsTribune.com
Musher Brent Sass takes early lead in 1000-mile Yukon Quest International Sled ...The Republic
Yukon Quest begins in FairbanksCBC.ca
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Yukon Quest mushers from Russia, Norway racing dogs to learn, then to teach - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

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Yukon Quest mushers from Russia, Norway racing dogs to learn, then to teach
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by Suzanna Caldwell/scaldwell@newsminer.com Joar Leifseth Ulsom kneels with his Yukon Quest team members Hunter and Mjuk at their basecamp in Willow. Ulsom is racing as part of Go North! Adventure Learning's Racing Beringia, a program dedicated to ...

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Rookie running Yukon Quest for Wounded Warriors Project - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

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Rookie running Yukon Quest for Wounded Warriors Project
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
He chose to run this year's 2012 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race because it's a quieter event. But the Two Rivers musher is stepping outside of his comfort zone to raise $10000 for the Wounded Warriors Project, an organization with the purpose ...
Former Oak Lawn man mushing for a causeSouthtownStar

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