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Left: Jessica Klejka grew up mushing with her family in Bethel, Alaska. "As a veterinarian, there is nothing I love more than seeing animals as healthy as they can be."
Right: Magda Blakeson, a dog handler at the kennel where Alison Lifka works and trains, with a dog on Lifka’s team. She aspires to one day run the Iditarod as well.