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Slideshow: 17 mushers take off for the Akiak Dash mass start

KYUK | By Katie Baldwin Basile,
Elyssa Loughlin
Published January 29, 2022 at 5:17 PM AKST
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This afternoon, 17 teams took off in a mass start for the 2022 Akiak Dash. Out of the 17 teams in the field, seven of them are rookies.

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Katie Baldwin Basile
Katie Baldwin Basile is an independent photographer and multimedia storyteller from Bethel, Alaska.
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Elyssa Loughlin
Elyssa (she/her) was the Wellness Programming Producer from 2020-2022.
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