FORT KENT, Maine (AP) " More than a dozen mushers departed Saturday amid a cacophony of barking dogs and cheering spectators for a 250-mile dash across the wilderness of northern Maine. The Irving Woodlands Can-Am Crown, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary, takes dog sled teams through forests and over hills near the Canadian border. A year later, the temperature soared to 61 degrees, and the race had to be cut short at 200 miles. High temperatures in single digits Saturday and in the teens Sunday should be perfect for the mushers and their dogs, said Beurmond Banville, race spokesman. In 2008, he was down to eight dogs but managed to overtake Don Hibbs 15 miles from the finish.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 04, 2017 18:11 UTC