Iditarod: The Last Great Race on Earth

Iditarod
Marc Lester / Anchorage Daily News / MCT / Landov

In Second Place
Aliy Zirkle leaves White Mountain, Alaska, in second place during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on March 13, 2012.

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