The ultra race that bills itself as the world's coldest and toughest is back. This year, organizers are urging competitors and spectators to bring studs and spikes.
Days before the Yukon Quest sled dog race kicks off in Whitehorse, organizers are scrambling to deal with a curveball from Mother Nature an unusual spell of above-zero temperatures earlier this week has plastered the first section of the trail with ice.
In less than a month, the Yukon Quest will get underway in Whitehorse. But one first-time entrant says she hasn't touched her dog sled at all yet, because of the unusual weather conditions.
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