Sled-dogs race 1100-mile IDITAROD 2007 in Alaska

The winner "crossed the finish line at 8:08 p.m. March 13 [2k7] with a time of nine days, five hours and eight minutes, one of the top 10 fastest Iditarods in the race's 35-year history." That's the classic IDITAROD sled-dogs racing competition, known around the world--on this year's route, it's an 1850-kilometers event. As the video footage I'm watching on OLN TV, makes clear, it took place in the bitter cold days and nites (but not non-stop, there are stations along the way to rest the dogs and replace their worn boots). And by day there's the blazing sun of the Alaskan mountains. Then the route took them into the flat marsh lands of the Alaskan interior. Lance Mackey and his dog team win the event.