Hordes of dogs, mushers and their eager fans mingled Saturday at the jovial celebratory kickoff of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage.
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Reigning Iditarod champion Mitch Seavy drives his team down the Cordova Street hill during the ceremonial start of the 2014 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska. Dan Joling / AP Photo -
Musher Jason Mackey embraces one of his sled dogs before the ceremonial start. Nathaniel Wilder / Reuters -
Michelle Phillips’ team. Sixty-nine mushers and their teams of 16 dogs each inundated Alaska’s largest city for the annual ceremonial start of the race in a fan-friendly atmosphere. The real race starts Sunday, 50 miles north of Anchorage. Nathaniel Wilder / Reuters -
Two-time Iditarod champion Robert Sorlie of Norway. A lack of snow and warm temperatures have been a headache for Iditarod officials this winter. The Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth / AP Photo -
Norwegian Joar Leifseth Ulsom’s team. Nathaniel Wilder / Reuters -
A sled dog barks. Nathaniel Wilder / Reuters -
Sled dogs in the entry chute. Nathaniel Wilder / Reuters -
Newton Marshall of St. Anne, Jamaica acknowledges fans while descending the Cordova Street hill Erik Hill / The Anchorage Daily News / AP Photo -
After Sunday’s start in Willow, mushers will travel nearly a thousand miles, crossing two mountain ranges, the Yukon River and up the Bering Sea coast en route to the finish line on Front Street in Nome, on Alaska’s western coast. Erik Hill / The Anchorage Daily News / AP Photo
In pictures: Mush! Action from the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
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