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Echoing the days when the only way to get around in the North was by dogsled, the 1,000-mile (1,600 km) Yukon Quest is a gruelling sled race between Fairbanks, Alaska, and Whitehorse, Yukon.

Mushers have to contend with whatever the weather throws at them, carrying all their own supplies, with little support between checkpoints, with the best often finishing within 10 days despite all this.