![]() ![]() The fact that many individual racers continue to compete year after year means… Brrr-r-rrr. The race goes over sea ice, through tricky areas that look frozen solid but may not be, in gale-force winds, and with little time to rest for dogs or humans. For somewhere between eight and 15 days, they compete through blizzards, white-out conditions, sub-zero temperatures and a brutal wind-chill. Thanks to Henry’s expert weaving of the race’s challenges and perils into the story, I painlessly learned a lot more and am steeped in admiration for the participants. Pretty much all I knew about the Iditarod when I turned the first page is that it is a 1000-mile dog sled race from Anchorage to Nome that you’d have to be near crazy to undertake. It has aged well and is worth a new look. This book won Macavity and Anthony awards when it was first published in 1991, and propelled Henry into writing two thriller series based in the 49 th state. Whatever the weather throws at the rest of us, compared to people who race the Iditarod, our situation is cosy. Forecasts in the States are for a snowy winter, and if you want to gear up for the cold, you couldn’t do better than reading Sue Henry’s first Alaska mystery. ![]()
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