It took musher Terry Uyarak and his group five days and two abandoned snowmobiles to transport themselves and nearly a dozen qimmiit, or sled dogs, from Igloolik to Arctic Bay.
They left Sunday and had one beautiful day of travelling before the blizzards hit. But they arrived ready to compete in Nunavut Quest, the annual 500-kilometre dogsled race from Arctic Bay to Igloolik that starts Monday.
On the way, their first snowmobile broke down 130 kilometres north of Igloolik; the second when they were about to carry on. One of Uyarak’s teammates hitched a ride back to town with a nearby fisherman, got another snowmobile and met up with Uyarak later on the trail.
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