2008 16 Jon Little Images (166 images)
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Mitch Seavey is the first to arrive at Rainy...
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Mitch Seavey gets instructions from race judge...
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Jim Lanier looks over his team after arriving...
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Mitch Seavey puts straw down for his dogs at...
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Jeff King is the third team to show up at Rainy...
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Sigrid Ekran talks to a race veterinarian at...
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Jeff King loads food drop bags on his sled at...
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Kjetil Backen is the first musher out of Rainy...
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DeeDee Jonrowe talks while applying ointment to...
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Lance Mackey takes time to pose for a snapshot...
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Two of Rick Swenson's dogs at the Rainy Pass...
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Jim Lanier's all-white dog team departs the...
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Sebastian Schnuelle drives his team past parked...
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Mitch Seavey jogs back to his sled after...
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Jeff King, Sigrid Ekran and Mitch Seavey take...
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A volunteer and race veterinarian handle a dog...
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Joe Garnie at Rainy Pass, where he scratched in...
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Sue Morgan shows the damage caused to her nose...
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Joe Garnie at Rainy Pass.
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Kim Franklin arrives at Rainy Pass.
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Kim Franklin arrives at Rainy Pass.
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Warren Palfrey checks in to Takotna on...
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Sebastian Schnuelle works with his food drops...
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Aliy Zirkle jokes with a cameraman as she packs...
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Aliy Zirkle scoops hot water out of a barrel at...
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Aliy Zirkle prepares to leave Takotna after...
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Ken Anderson puts a few supplies in his sled...
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Leif Sandnes of Norway, a race volunteer, holds...
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Louis Nelson Sr. walks past the Takotna post...
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One of DeeDee Jonrowe's dogs slurps up a stew...
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Kjetil Backen gets steaming hot water for his...
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Lance Mackey gives his team thinly sliced...
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Eskimo ice cream from Louis Nelson Sr.'s drop...
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A pair of Louis Nelson Sr.'s dogs relax at...
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Louis Nelson Sr. stirs a meat and water mixture...
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Lance Mackey hooks up his team to leave...
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Lance Mackey's dog Larry barks to leave...
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Jeff King talks to his team before leaving...
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Jim Lanier's all white dog team waits at...
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Aaron Burmeister gets ready to leave Takotna...
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Karen Ramstead tends her Siberian huskies at...
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Martin Buser packed a Hawaiian shirt, a booster...
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Rohn Buser takes his sleeping bag over to the...
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Sylvia Willis at Cripple. Photo by Jon Little.
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Hugh Neff nurses a case of trench foot inside a...
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Paul Gebhardt and DeeDee Jonrowe talk about the...
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Paul Gebhardt and DeeDee Jonrowe discuss the...
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DeeDee Jonrowe talks to TV reporters at...
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Jeff King's team approaches the Cripple...
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Jeff King talks to checkers at Cripple. Photo...
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Jeff King's team watches him get food out of...
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Jeff King snacks his dogs with a mixture of red...
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Sun striking a thermometer at Cripple makes it...
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Lance Mackey pulls up at Ruby at dawn Thursday....
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Fans and media flock around Lance Mackey as he...
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Lance Mackey is first to Ruby. Photo by Jon...
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Lance Mackey enjoys his first course in the...
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Lance Mackey tends one of his dogs' feet after...
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Lance Mackey answers questions as he enjoys a...
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Jeff King arrives in Ruby second with a 16-dog...
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Jeff King arrives at Ruby. Photo by Jon Little.
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Jeff King grabs his drop bag and continues down...
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Jeff King looks over his team as he's checked...
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Jeff King goofs off, riding his bale of straw...
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Jeff King puts straw down for his dogs at Ruby....
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A race veterinarian checks out Guinness, one of...
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Jeff King's dogs limber up in the sunshine...
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Jeff King pets Solomon, one of his team dogs,...
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Kjetil Backen praises his lead dogs Maya and...
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Lance Mackey's team takes off from Ruby in...
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Mitch Seavey secures his dog team after...
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Paul Gebhardt at Ruby. Photo by Jon Little.
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Sigrid Ekran arrives in Ruby at sunset. Photo...
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Jeff King on the Yukon River leaving Ruby....
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Hed vet Stu Nelson checks heart rates of Lance...
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Lance Mackey grabs his ski pole and blows...
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Northern lights dance in the sky over the...
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Jeff King takes booties off his dogs at Kaltag....
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Northern lights streak across the sky over...
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Jeff King poses with a fan at Kaltag. Photo by...
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John Baker checks in to Kaltag just before...
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Jessie Royer at Kaltag. Photo by Jon Little.
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Mitch Seavey sorts through the contents of his...
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Zack Steer's dogs trot up the bank of the...
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Zack Steer jogs up the bank of the frozen Yukon...
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Zack Steer has two young children at home. He's...
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Jim Lanier's dogs watch intently for Lanier to...
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Jim Lanier feeds his dogs at Kaltag. Photo by...
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Sebastian Schnuelle focuses on his dogs as he...
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Yukoner Sebastian Schnuelle blows thorugh...
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Hans Gatt takes off from Kaltag with a bag of...
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Rick Swenson talks to a friend from Kaltag....
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Ken Anderson carries his water cooker, sleeping...
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Martin Buser gives straight water to his dogs...
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William Kleedehn at Unalakleet. Photo by Jon...
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Melissa Owens at Unalakleet. Photo by Jon Little.
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Lance Mackey's dog team climbs off the sea ice...
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Lance Mackey at Koyuk. Photo by Jon Little.
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Fans from Koyuk welcome Lance Mackey and Jeff...
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Jeff King's dog team trots up off the sea ice...