Video: 2022 Akiak Dash sled dog race mass start

KYUK | By Ben Matheson,

Gabby Salgado, Elyssa Loughlin

Published January 29, 2022 at 10:41 PM AKST

17 teams raced out of Bethel in the 2022 Akiak Dash Sled Dog Race.

17 sled dog teams rocketed out of Bethel on an icy trail in the 2022 Akiak Dash Sled Dog Race. Check out the drone footage from the mass start on the Kuskokwim River.

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Ben Matheson

Ben Matheson has worked as a reporter for KYUK in Bethel and KNOM in Nome.

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Gabby Salgado

Gabby Hiestand Salgado is the Multimedia Director for KYUK

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Elyssa Loughlin

Elyssa (she/her) is the Wellness Programming Producer and a second year Jesuit Volunteer/Americorps Member at KYUK. She loves dogs, listening to podcasts and playing ABBA to close out the Birthday Line.

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