Snowmachines belonging to the Iditarod trail breakers sit in front of Old St. Joseph's Church in Nome, Alaska near the finish line of the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, March 16, 2011.
Mushers and their dogs speed down for the mass start of the tenth stage of the La Grande Odyssee sled dog race in Bessans, January 17, 2011. The race crosses the Alps in France and Switzerland.