Photo: And they’re off on the Ivakkak race

Team two in the 2013 Ivakkak dog team race, with mushers Johnny Aakutaaq Angnatuk and Sammy Angnatuk, head away from Kuujjuaraapik. The teams and their 180 dogs have left Kuujjuaraapik March 18 on a 632-kilometre journey, which will lead them by the communities of Umiujaq and Inukjuak. The race ends in Puvirnituq. For daily updates, you can go to the Ivakkak website at www.ivakkak.com. Read more later about the race on Nunatsiaqonline.ca. (PHOTO BY PIERRE DUNNIGAN/ COURTESY OF MAKIVVIK CORP.)