Iditarod: The Last Great Race on Earth

Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Alaska
Marc Lester / Anchorage Daily News / MCT / Landov

Northern Lights
The aurora borealis swirls in the sky over the Yukon River village of Ruby, Alaska, a checkpoint of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, on March 9, 2012.

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