Veteran Iditarod musher Lisbet Norris' team of all Siberian Huskies is running near the back of the pack by design. Norris is a third-generation Iditarod musher who runs Siberian Huskies, just as original Iditarod dogs Balto and Togo were.
MCGRATH, Alaska - Veteran Iditarod musher Lisbet Norris was scheduled to leave the McGrath checkpoint following herat 11:33 a.m. Friday morning. However, by noon, she was still at the checkpoint, and she was more than okay with that.
“As far as I am concerned, they are the perfect dog for Arctic travel,” Norris said. “They are efficient, they are tough, they have good coats, they have good feet and they are just amazing, happy traveling companions.”is a third generation musher of Siberian Huskies, with her grandparents starting Alaskan Kennels in the 1940′s. That kennel has fielded an Iditarod team each decade, though not necessarily to win ‘The Last Great Race’.
“The things that we find really attractive, like their beautiful almond eyes is an adaptation to protect their eyes from wind.” All-Siberian Husky teams do not typically have success in Iditarod in terms of high placements, and have even developed the nickname ‘Slow-berians’ within the sport, but the breed does have success in traveling long distances to Nome. She has competed in the Iditarod there times, participating in the race each year from 2014-2016.
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