Iditarod 2008

Norwegian musher Kjetil Backen drives his team down 4th Avenue ...

Photo: The Associated Press

Norwegian musher Kjetil Backen drives his team down 4th Avenue in Anchorage on Saturday, March 1, 2008, with Nancy Livingston in his sled during the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. A record field of 96 mushers are running the 1,100 mile sled dog race to Nome.

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