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Video: Ceremonial start

Crowds line the streets of Anchorage, Alaska, as the ceremonial start of the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race gets underway on Saturday, March 5, 2011.

Mushing with diabetes

Veteran musher Bruce Linton talks about his approach to mushing, and live, as an insulin-dependent diabetic.

Time-lapse video

Watch the set-up and festivities downtown for the ceremonial start, pulled from 20 hours of web cam footage and condensed into 68 seconds.

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2011 Trail map

Follow the mushers along the Iditarod trail's Southern route, with live standings at each checkpoint.

Trail map: Northern route

Slide show: Takotna

Good location, tasty food and delicious pies make the Takotna checkpoint a favorite resting spot for mushers.

Susan Butcher memorial

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