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Iditarod punishes 3 mushers for sheltering dogs in windstorm

Canadian musher Michelle Phillips waves to the crowd as she takes off down Fourth Street during the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska, March 5, 2022. A fierce winter storm that ultimately forced six mushers to scratch the same day now has cost three other mushers for sheltering their dogs instead of leaving them outside in the harsh conditions. Mille Porsild, of Denmark; Phillips; and Riley Dyche, of Fairbanks, were penalized for taking dogs inside shelter cabins to ride out the storm, the Anchorage Daily News reported Friday. (Emily Mesner/Anchorage Daily News via AP) Mille Porsild is seen in Unalakleet, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on March 13, 2022. A fierce winter storm in the last stretch of the race that ultimately forced six mushers to scratch the same day now has cost three other mushers for sheltering their dogs instead of leaving them outside in the harsh conditions. Porsild; Michelle Phillips, of Canada; and Riley Dyche, of Fairbanks, were penalized for taking dogs inside shelter cabins to ride out the storm, the Anchorage Daily News reported Friday, March 25. (Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News via AP) FILE - Riley Dyche, a musher from Fairbanks, Alaska, takes his sled dogs through a snowstorm in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, March 5, 2022, during the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. A fierce winter storm in the last stretch of this year's Iditarod that ultimately forced six mushers to scratch the same day now has cost three other mushers for sheltering their dogs instead of leaving them outside in the harsh conditions. Dyche; Mille Porsild, of Denmark; and Michelle Phillips, of Canada, were penalized for taking dogs inside shelter cabins to ride out the storm, the Anchorage Daily News reported Friday, March 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)
Iditarod punishes 3 mushers for sheltering dogs in windstorm