After an hour or so, the musher stopped to wait for the skiers to catch up. |
They're flown back to the race start, where they're kenneled until the musher or his or her representative collects them. |
To complete the course, she'll depend on a musher riding ahead and radioing back warnings of low branches, obstinate moose, and open water. |
People unfamiliar with sled-dog racing think the Iditarod is won by the best musher. |
The gallery ends with a display contrasting an old-time musher with someone geared for modern dog sled travel. |
This is a form of transportation that requires no motor but relies heavily on trust between a team of dogs and their musher. |