A cold arrival: I arrive in the village of Ruby, Alaska for the 1998 Iditarod. I worked with Nancy Trott reporting for ABCNEWS.com	Dink the snowmobile awaits the arrival of mushers 2004. (Ruby, Alaska).	The Team Ruby 2004 at the end of a long 4 days.	Amanda brings dropped dog "Bandit" (Rick Swensen's dog) and others to the waiting airplane in 1998. (Ruby, Alaska).	Frozen ice chunks in the Great Yukon River in Ruby, Alaska. (1998)	The bluff on the Yukon River overlooking the village of Ruby.

A dogteam begins the long cold journey to the coast, near Ruby, Alaska.	Deb our fearless leader of voluteers and race judge Al discuss lead standings of the race. (2004)	One happy dropped dog. (2004)	Jeff King first into Ruby rides out toward the coast on the Yukon River. (2004)	A plane waits on the Yukon River to pick up dropped Iditarod dogs	Special delivery: I was a member of a team of volunteers who delivered 51 dogs in commuter plane from Unalakleet on the Bering Strait to Anchorage. (2004)	A view of Wolf Mountain across the Yukon at sunset.	Martha Wright and Emmitt Peters also known as The Yukon Fox. Emmitt Peters is the winner of the 1975 Iditarod. Martha is my best friend in Ruby and a beloved elder of the village of Ruby.