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Third place went to Team 10, Kulu Tukalak and Peter Qinuajuak.
Nunavik’s 20th Ivakkak Dogsled Race was held this year on Nunavik’s Hudson Bay Coast starting in Salluit, Nunavik, February 24 and ending in Puvirnituq, Nunavik, March 10. Racers travelled across two Nunavik communities, Ivujivik and Akulivik.
With poor weather deteriorating into blizzard conditions at the start of the race, after the first two days, many of the teams were ferried part of the way to Ivujivik by snowmobile and sled.
On the way to Akulivik, the teams spent over night at three separate checkpoints. The first leg, March 1, was about a 55‐km run to Lake Sijatalialuk.
Nunavik dogsled race, plagued by winter storms, ends with hometown victory
Aisa Surusilak and Paulusi Amarualik of Puvirnituq, Nunavik, took first place in the 20th anniversary edition of the race, which was delayed several times by winter storms.
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Posted: Mar 11, 2021 4:01 PM CT | Last Updated: March 11
Mushers Johnny May Jr. and Ahuya Snowball May set off from the start line on the ice outside Salluit in snowy conditions during the 2021 edition of the Ivakkak Race. The grueling multi-day race runs between the isolated communities of Nunavik in northern Quebec.(Ivakkak 2021/Facebook)
After more than two weeks of gruelling racing through vicious winter storms, a trio of teams from Puvirnituq, Nunavik, in northern Quebec, have taken the top three spots in the 20th edition of the Ivakkak dog sled race with a triumphant entry into their hometown.