Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
Iditarod musher Ed Stielstra's sled dog Swanny hangs out his tongue at the Takotna, Alaska, checkpoint during the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday afternoon March 9, 2011. This is Swanny's first race ever and Stielstra, from McMillan ,Mich., says he has been in swing the whole race and is doing great. (AP Photo/BOB HALLINEN / Anchorage Daily News)
Iditarod musher DeeDee Jonrowe from Willow, AK feeds her sled dogs at the Takotna checkpoint during the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday, afternoon March 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Bob Hallinen - Anchorage Daily News)
Iditarod musher Hans Gatt from Whitehorse, Yukon Territory washes out his dog food trays next to the hot water barrel at the Takotna checkpoint during the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday, afternoon March 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Bob Hallinen - Anchorage Daily News)
Willow, AK Iditarod musher Karin Hendrickson's swing dog Aberdeen and leader Chase keep an eye on things at the Takotna checkpoint during the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday, afternoon March 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Bob Hallinen - Anchorage Daily News)
Iditarod musher Kristy Berington from Kasilof, AK walks one of her sled dogs at the Takotna checkpoint during the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday, afternoon March 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Bob Hallinen - Anchorage Daily News)
Iditarod musher Karin Hendrickson from Willow, AK gives a pill to one of her sled dogs at the Takotna checkpoint during the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday, afternoon March 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Bob Hallinen - Anchorage Daily News)
Galaxy looks back at Iditarod musher DeeDee Jonrowe, from Willow, Ark., as she feeds her sled dogs at the Takotna, Alaska checkpoint during the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday afternoon March 9, 2011. (AP Photo/BOB HALLINEN / Anchorage Daily News)
Iditarod musher Karin Hendrickson, from Willow, Ark., feeds her sled dogs at the Takotna, Alaska, checkpoint during the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday afternoon March 9, 2011. (AP Photo/BOB HALLINEN / Anchorage Daily News)
Iditarod musher Sebastian Schnuelle from Whitehorse, Yukon Territory hugs one of Hugh Neff's dogs at the Takotna checkpoint during the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday, afternoon March 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Bob Hallinen - Anchorage Daily News)
Iditarod musher Martin Buser from Big Lake, AK works with his sled dogs at the Takotna checkpoint during the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday, afternoon March 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Bob Hallinen - Anchorage Daily News)




