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Members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta), protest at the Anchorage ceremonial start of the 2020 Iditarod. Reuters

Four-time champion Lance Mackey departs from the start line at the ceremonial Anchorage start of the 2020 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska. Reuters

Marty Runkle checks in musher Mitch Seavey at the Nikolai, Alaska, checkpoint during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. AP

Oogruk, a dog in Kristy Berington's team, jumps before departure from Takotna, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. AP

Linwood Fiedler leaves Takotna, Alaska, during the Iditarod trail sled dog race. AP

Joar Liefseth Ulsom, of Norway, tends to his dogs while talking to fellow competitor Thomas Waerner in Ruby, Alaska, during the Iditarod trail sled dog race. AP

Richie Diehl arrives in Ruby, Alaska, during the Iditarod. AP

Brent Sass heads down the Yukon River between Ruby and Galena, Alaska, during the Iditarod. AP

A dog in Thomas Waerner's team rests in Unalakleet, Alaska, during the Iditarod trail sled dog race. AP

Thomas Waerner won the 2020 Iditarod trail sled dog race. AP

Mitch Seavey mushes into the Nikolai, Alaska, checkpoint during the Iditarod. AP

Signs point toward Nome, Alaska, 852 miles away, as Ryan Redington leaves the Finger Lake, Alaska, checkpoint during the Iditarod. AP

Joar Leifseth Ulsom arrives at the Rainy Pass checkpoint on Puntilla Lake during the Iditarod trail sled dog race. AP

Members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta), protest at the Anchorage ceremonial start of the 2020 Iditarod. Reuters

Four-time champion Lance Mackey departs from the start line at the ceremonial Anchorage start of the 2020 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska. Reuters

Marty Runkle checks in musher Mitch Seavey at the Nikolai, Alaska, checkpoint during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. AP

Oogruk, a dog in Kristy Berington's team, jumps before departure from Takotna, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. AP

Linwood Fiedler leaves Takotna, Alaska, during the Iditarod trail sled dog race. AP

Joar Liefseth Ulsom, of Norway, tends to his dogs while talking to fellow competitor Thomas Waerner in Ruby, Alaska, during the Iditarod trail sled dog race. AP

Richie Diehl arrives in Ruby, Alaska, during the Iditarod. AP

Brent Sass heads down the Yukon River between Ruby and Galena, Alaska, during the Iditarod. AP

A dog in Thomas Waerner's team rests in Unalakleet, Alaska, during the Iditarod trail sled dog race. AP

Thomas Waerner won the 2020 Iditarod trail sled dog race. AP

Mitch Seavey mushes into the Nikolai, Alaska, checkpoint during the Iditarod. AP

Signs point toward Nome, Alaska, 852 miles away, as Ryan Redington leaves the Finger Lake, Alaska, checkpoint during the Iditarod. AP

Joar Leifseth Ulsom arrives at the Rainy Pass checkpoint on Puntilla Lake during the Iditarod trail sled dog race. AP

Members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta), protest at the Anchorage ceremonial start of the 2020 Iditarod. Reuters

1,000 miles, nine days, and freezing cold: the unforgiving world of Iditarod trail sled dog race

Norway’s Thomas Waerner wins amid coronavirus scare and pressure from animal rights activists

Ajit Vijaykumar

March 18, 2020

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