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2014 January 22 — Why Now?
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This Isn’t Good

The Yukon Quest Sled Dog Race starts on February 1st and both the start an finish locations [Fairbanks and Whitehorse, this year] are at or above freezing tonight. It wasn’t that long ago that they moved the start date to the first Saturday in February to give people more time between the Quest and the Iditarod, but now it looks like they will need to advance the date again to get weather cold enough for the dogs to run.

Sled dogs have heat related problems when they work at temperatures above 20°F. The ice on the rivers and streams won’t be strong enough for the weight of the sleds. This is global climate change in action, when it rains in Fairbanks in January.

January 22, 2014   Comments Off on This Isn’t Good