Alaska’s annual Iditarod takes off

Some 70 teams will compete in the ten-day race that covers 1,600 kilometres of the world’s roughest terrain.

The Iditarod dogsled race has started in Alaska.

About 70 teams will complete over the next ten days in a 1,600 kilometre race over some of the world’s toughest terrain.

The Iditarod began 40 years ago as a way to revive a dying dogsled tradition in Alaska.

Al Jazeera’s Daniel Lak reports from outside Anchorage.

Source: Al Jazeera