Photos from the start of the 2019 Iditarod

WILLOW — The 47th Iditarod began Sunday afternoon at Willow Lake, where 52 teams left in two-minute intervals to being their 1,000-mile race across Alaska. By evening, the teams were working their way up the Susitna Valley toward Skwentna, then the Alaska Range. The finish line is more than a week away in Nome.

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Musher Matt Hall waves to the crowd gather on Willow Lake during the restart of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Sunday afternoon, Mar. 3, 2019. (Bill Roth / ADN)