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octoberlib

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3. No, you're right. This is from a Jan 2015 article.

Wed Mar 2, 2016, 05:16 PM

Mar 2016

JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) - Heeding concerns over hazardous sections of trail experienced in last year's Iditarod sled-dog race in Alaska, officials have spent the off-season clearing tree stumps and are considering an alternate route, the race director said.

A lack of sufficient snow on parts of the trail in central Alaska has also contributed to organizers considering a route change.

They would move the official start to Fairbanks, some 300 miles (480 km) north of the traditional location in Willow, a small community about 80 miles (130 km) north of Anchorage, in southern Alaska

http://www.businessinsider.com/r-concerns-over-trail-hazards-prompt-rethink-of-alaska-iditarod-route-2015-1.

For some reason , they changed their minds.

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It's so warm in Alaska, the famous Iditarod dog-sled race had to ship in snow [View all] octoberlib Mar 2016 OP

I thought that they had to move the start to the north of Anchorage a while back? Glassunion Mar 2016 #1

No, you're right. This is from a Jan 2015 article. octoberlib Mar 2016 #3

Yes, it has been moved before, including last year. xenoturkey Mar 2016 #6

Well, we know what isn't to blame, right? gratuitous Mar 2016 #2

Maybe Sen. Inhofe can toss some more snowballs? KansDem Mar 2016 #7

How's his arm? gratuitous Mar 2016 #8

Why not use sleds with wheels? KansDem Mar 2016 #4

Its been very warm. Almost all the ice melted a couple of weeks ago. xenoturkey Mar 2016 #5

Can't they put up a wall to keep the snow in? edgineered Mar 2016 #9

It's dead. We have permanently altered the climate. Maybe you could have street fairs instead. jtuck004 Mar 2016 #10

We've been having a warm, snow free winter in Maine too. n/t Zing Zing Zingbah Mar 2016 #11

This is just for the ceremonial start in Anchorage. Blue_In_AK Mar 2016 #12

I wish they would come to Ottawa and take some of ours Angel Martin Mar 2016 #13