article_snippet: The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race started on Saturday with a ceremonial run through Anchorage despite the lack of snow which has forced the organizers to move the competitive start of the race to Monday in Fairbanks.
article_snippet: The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race started on Saturday with a ceremonial run through Anchorage despite the lack of snow which has forced the organizers to move the competitive start of the race to Monday in Fairbanks Dog Race .
article_snippet: Despite the city receiving only about a third of its normal winter snowfall, Anchorage was still able to stage the traditional ceremonial start to The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race started on Saturday with a ceremonial run through Anchorage despite the lack of snow which has forced the organizers to move the competitive start of the race to Monday in Fairbanks
article_snippet: The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race started on Saturday with a ceremonial run through Anchorage despite the lack of snow which has forced the organizers to move the competitive start of the race to Monday in FairbanksDog Race.
article_snippet: so The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race started on Saturday with a ceremonial run through Anchorage despite the lack of snow which has forced the organizers to move the competitive start of the race to Monday in Fairbanks could go on.
article_snippet: The festivities started on Saturday morning in very un-Iditarod like conditions, almost 40 degrees with a light rain falling before the start.
article_snippet: the Iditarod is expected under the burled arch in Nome, a Bering Sea coastal town, in about 10 days.
article_snippet: It's the second time Fairbanks has hosted the official start of the competitive race; similar low-snow conditions in 2003 also forced the start north.
highlights_snippet: Race started on Saturday with a ceremonial run through Anchorage despite the lack of snow .
  
highlights_snippet: Organizers have been forced to move the competitive start of Race further north to Fairbanks, where it will start on Monday .
  