The remote Cripple checkpoint is active with mushers, dogs and staff, Mar. 10, 2006. Photo by MARC LESTER / Anchorage Daily News
Louis Nelson, Sr., of Kotzebue, gets his team ready to depart the Cripple checkpoint, Mar. 10, 2006. Staff at the checkpoint said they've had temperatures reach minus 40 degrees in recent days. Photo by MARC LESTER / Anchorage Daily News