Snow joke: Iditarod dog sled race disrupted by Alaska's warm winter
ByLEE COWANCBS NEWSMarch 7, 2015, 8:58 PM
FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is about to write one of the odder chapters of this brutal winter.
Alaska's world-famous dog sled race was supposed to start in Anchorage but couldn't since the city has had little more than 20 inches of snow all winter, its second-lowest total ever.
Compare that to Boston, which is about half an inch away from its all-time snowfall record of 106 inches -- nearly 7 feet of snow more than Anchorage.
The ceremonial start in Anchorage Saturday morning was more slush than mush. Parts of the legendary 1,000-mile course to Nome, Alaska, looked more like the desert Southwest this year, brown instead of white.
Since Feb. 1, Anchorage has received less than 2 inches of snow. Boston has had nearly 70 inches. Folks in Alaska want their snow back.
"They took our winter," said Dave Monson, who's raced the Iditarod three times. His late wife, Susan, is a race legend, who won four times.
more:
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