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Iditarod ceremony start and restart 2025


Love Alaska – A dog team mingles on the river, which runs out of fair bench and Nome, while a lot of fair bankers move on the frozen Chena. Photo by Anna Lionas

Dog Crossing - Traffic is for Michelle Phillips and the team, while they set out through the anchorage during the start of the ceremonies on March 1st. Photo by Anna Lionas
Dog Crossing – Traffic is for Michelle Phillips and the team, while they set out through the anchorage during the start of the ceremonies on March 1st. Photo by Anna Lionas

Bootie Time -Destiny Lytle helps the boots in the Nic Petit team before the restart on March 3 in Fairbanks. Photo by Anna Lionas
Bootie Time -Destiny Lytle helps the boots in the Nic Petit team before the restart on March 3 in Fairbanks. Photo by Anna Lionas

Start -Brenda Macke and Team start the trip to Nome on March 3 in Fairbanks. Photo by Anna Lionas
Start -Brenda Macke and Team start the trip to Nome on March 3 in Fairbanks. Photo by Anna Lionas

Crazy Corner - Anna Berington and her dogs navigate during the ceremonial start in Anchorage, March 1st Photo by Anna Lionas
Crazy Corner – Anna Berington and her dogs navigate during the ceremonial start in Anchorage, March 1st Photo by Anna Lionas

Handful Gurte - Nic Petit pulls out in Anchorage for his dogs a few hours before the start of the ceremonies. Photo by Anna Lionas
Handful Gurte – Nic Petit pulls out in Anchorage for his dogs a few hours before the start of the ceremonies. Photo by Anna Lionas

The Iditarod Champion of Pose -2024, Dallas Seavy, takes a photo of his dogs before taking off with Musher Samantha Lalonde to Nome. Photo by Anna Lionas
The Iditarod Champion of Pose -2024, Dallas Seavy, takes a photo of his dogs before taking off with Musher Samantha Lalonde to Nome. Photo by Anna Lionas

All smile - Rookie Ebbe Pedersen and Crew will go along the 4th Avenue during the ceremonial start of anchoring on March 1st on March 1st. Photo by Anna Lionas
All smile – Rookie Ebbe Pedersen and Crew will go along the 4th Avenue during the ceremonial start of anchoring on March 1st on March 1st. Photo by Anna Lionas

Crowd is out out - Calvin Daugherty is welcomed by a large group of people in Fairbanks, who saw the fourth restart in racing history from the city on March 3. Photo by Lizzy Hahn
Crowd is out out – Calvin Daugherty is welcomed by a large group of people in Fairbanks, who saw the fourth restart in racing history from the city on March 3. Photo by Lizzy Hahn

Big Dogs - Lauro Eklund and his Hundce crew are pressing Fairbanks on March 3. Photo by Lizzy Hahn
Big Dogs – Lauro Eklund and his Hundce crew are pressing Fairbanks on March 3. Photo by Lizzy Hahn

Ready to run - Travis Beals opened his trailer on March 3 in Fairbanks before the restart to a team, a sled dog that was ready to start the trip to Nome. Photo by Anna Lionas
Ready to run – Travis Beals opened his trailer on March 3 in Fairbanks before the restart to a team, a sled dog that was ready to start the trip to Nome. Photo by Anna Lionas

Junior Champ -Junior -iditarod -Champion Emily Robinson starts from the ceremonial start -up shaft in Anchorage on March 1st. Photo by Anna Lionas
Junior Champ -Junior -iditarod -Champion Emily Robinson starts from the ceremonial start -up shaft in Anchorage on March 1st. Photo by Anna Lionas

Last preparations - Jesse Holmes prepares his sled in the last moments before standing out from Fairbanks to Nome Photo by Anna Lionas
Last preparations – Jesse Holmes prepares his sled in the last moments before standing out from Fairbanks to Nome Photo by Anna Lionas

Turning - Mille Porsild and Team make the tricky turn into the Cordova Street in front of the crowd at the Anchorage Ceremonial Start on March 1st. Photo by Anna Lionas
Turning – Mille Porsild and Team make the tricky turn into the Cordova Street in front of the crowd at the Anchorage Ceremonial Start on March 1st. Photo by Anna Lionas

3Clizzyhahn_Lead Leading - Elsie Hall takes over the husband of husband Matt and brings them to their starting positions
3Clizzyhahn_Lead Leading – Elsie Hall takes over the husband of husband Matt and brings them to their starting positions

Off the go - Jason Mackey was the first of 33 Musher to check off the ceremonial starting line in the 4th Avenue on Saturday, March 1st. Photo by Anna Lionas
Off the go – Jason Mackey was the first of 33 Musher to check off the ceremonial starting line in the 4th Avenue on Saturday, March 1st. Photo by Anna Lionas

Go down - Jesse Holmes and his team go down the hill and let the fair banks restart on March 3 in Fairbanks in Pikes Waterfront Lodge. Photo by Anna Lionas
Go down – Jesse Holmes and his team go down the hill and let the fair banks restart on March 3 in Fairbanks in Pikes Waterfront Lodge. Photo by Anna Lionas

Look to the left - Jesse and his dogs look at something in anchoring before the start of the ceremony of March 1st. Photo by Anna Lionas
Look to the left – Jesse and his dogs look at something in anchoring before the start of the ceremony of March 1st. Photo by Anna Lionas

Last out - a large amount gathers to watch Emily Ford
Last out – a large amount gathers to watch Emily Ford

High up - Matt Hall lifts his dog into the Cubby, while a lot can be seen before the ceremonial start in Anchorage on March 1st. Photo by Anna Lionas
High up – Matt Hall lifts his dog into the Cubby, while a lot can be seen before the ceremonial start in Anchorage on March 1st. Photo by Anna Lionas

Protest -Jasmin -Jemewouk protested against the breakdown of uranium in Elim at the ceremonial start in Anchorage, March 1st. Photo by Anna Lionas
Protest -Jasmin -Jemewouk protested against the breakdown of uranium in Elim at the ceremonial start in Anchorage, March 1st. Photo by Anna Lionas

Weapons upwards - Nic Petit leaves the slide with his journey to Anchorage during the ceremonial start on March 1st. Photo by Anna Lionas
Weapons upwards – Nic Petit leaves the slide with his journey to Anchorage during the ceremonial start on March 1st. Photo by Anna Lionas

High Five -Ryan Reddington drives the streets of Anchorage with a lot of children who hope for a high five during the ceremonial start on March 1st. Photo by Anna Lionas
High Five -Ryan Reddington drives the streets of Anchorage with a lot of children who hope for a high five during the ceremonial start on March 1st. Photo by Anna Lionas

On March 3, the first start of the 53rd Iditarod in Fairbanks in Fairbanks, who was the first Musher on the trail, was Jason Macke. Photo by Anna Lionas
On March 3, the first start of the 53rd Iditarod in Fairbanks in Fairbanks, who was the first Musher on the trail, was Jason Macke. Photo by Anna Lionas

Tropic Kennel -paigen Drobny and her handler crew for the warm (40 degrees) weather in anchorage for the ceremonial start on March 1st. Photo by Anna Lionas
Tropic Kennel -paigen Drobny and her handler crew for the warm (40 degrees) weather in anchorage for the ceremonial start on March 1st. Photo by Anna Lionas

Out -Matt Hall will go out of fair banks on March 3. March. Photo by Lizzy Hahn
Out -Matt Hall will go out of fair banks on March 3. March. Photo by Lizzy Hahn

Seen through the canvas - the amount gathered in Anchorage for the ceremonial start on March 1st, films Musher when they left Anna Lionas' slide photo
Seen through the canvas – the amount gathered in Anchorage for the ceremonial start on March 1st, films Musher when they left Anna Lionas' slide photo

See Ya Samantha - Samantha Lalonde will take off the slide on March 3 in Fairbanks and go to Nome. Photo by Anna Lionas
See Ya Samantha – Samantha Lalonde will take off the slide on March 3 in Fairbanks and go to Nome. Photo by Anna Lionas

Photo by Anna Lionas
Photo by Anna Lionas

Dance - The Anna Lionas, which was applied on March 1st on March 1,
Dance – The Anna Lionas, which was applied on March 1st on March 1,

Tschüss Baby -Travis Beals says goodbye to his family before it exists in Fairbanks for Nome. Photo by Lizzy Hahn
Tschüss Baby -Travis Beals says goodbye to his family before it exists in Fairbanks for Nome. Photo by Lizzy Hahn

White Out - Jeff Deeter and Team leave Fairbanks on March 3 and publish high five on the way. Photo by Lizzy Hahn
White Out – Jeff Deeter and Team leave Fairbanks on March 3 and publish high five on the way. Photo by Lizzy Hahn

Best seat -Baus -Beily -Vitello -Zreischlälzehnen by the trail in fair bench, while a large group is approaching, including firefighters with a view from above. Photo by Lizzy Hahn
Best seat -Baus -Beily -Vitello -Zreischlälzehnen by the trail in fair bench, while a large group is approaching, including firefighters with a view from above. Photo by Lizzy Hahn

Out -Bbe Pedersen deletes the slides in Fairbanks during the restart on March 3. Photo by Lizzy Hahn
Out -Bbe Pedersen deletes the slides in Fairbanks during the restart on March 3. Photo by Lizzy Hahn

Photo by Anna Lionas
Photo by Anna Lionas