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Photos: 2015 Iron Dog Restart

More like Iron Ducks than Iron Dogs, the teams of snowmachines racing in what is supposed to be the world's longest, toughest snowmobile race were paddle-tracking their way through the Alaska Range late Sunday afternoon.

Never in the 31-year history of the 2,000-mile epic race had anyone seen anything like this. On a day that could only be described as balmy, racers started at two-minute intervals down a water-covered chute at Big Lake north of Anchorage and then slush-cupped their way north.

"Looks like we're going to get our feet wet," Brett Lapham, a rookie from Willow, said just before the start. More than that was wet before the day was over.

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