Rescuers escort a cold musher toward a waiting Alaska National Guard helicopter/ANG photo - Nome, Alaska 
Mean Mother
With more dog mushers needing rescue on Friday and some competitors in the muscle-powered Iditarod Trail Invitational (ITI) pulled off the route, 2020 will go down as the year Mother Nature bit back at competitors and travelers on Alaska’s most iconic route to Nome.
After the warmest year in state history, the north reminded frail humans it still has some icy teeth.
Cold, snow and wind, the Iditarod threw it all at people. Mother Nature did not discriminate. The Iron Dog snowmachine, the ITI and the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race all took a beating.
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