Click on the Photos to see larger
                versions then visit the Anchorage Daily News 
                (Please note the images below are from www.adn.com
                and added here to entice you to visit their site to show your
                appreciation of their Iditarod coverage
                :) | 
            
            
                
                Karen
                Ramstead's dog Nik eyes race fans while waiting for the
                ceremonial start of the Iditarod Saturday morning on 4th Avenue.
                Ramstead hails from Perryvale, Alberta, Canada. 
                Erik Hill / Anchorage Daily News 
                Published: March 1, 2003
                  
                Karen
                Ramstead from Perryville, Alberta, Canada, with iditarider
                Meagan Robels, in sled, drives her dog team of purebred Siberian
                huskies up 4th Avenue in Anchorage Saturday during the
                ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. 
                
                 Al Grillo /
                The Associated Press 
                
                Published: March 1, 2003 
                Boston.com ran a cropped
                version of this picture on their site. 
                For
                more photos of the Iditarod 2003, please visit ADN.com 
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              Click on the Photos to see larger versions
                & please visit Dogsled.com 
                (Please note the images below are from www.dogsled.com
                and added here to entice you to visit their site to show your
                appreciation of their Iditarod coverage
                :) | 
            
            
                
                A picture of Karen at the
                Ceremonial Start, part of the Dogsled.com Ceremonial
                Start Slide Show. 
                  
                Also part of the Ceremonial
                Start Slide Show. This is Karen's Iditarider Meagan and Loki. 
                  
                This is Pirate, who ran in the Ceremonial Start. | 
            
            
              Click on the Photos to see larger
                versions 
                North Wapiti Kennels has its own Yahoo
                Group 
                (These pictures were taken by an amateur lucky
                enough to be at the start of the race) | 
            
            
                  
                Pictures of Karen at the
                Ceremonial Start, posted on the North Wapiti Kennel Yahoo Group
                site. 
                Photos by Barb Crandall of Eagle River, Alaska | 
            
            
              Audio updates will be available starting March
                3 on Alaska Public
                Radio Network 
                (The picture below is on their page for this
                year's coverage) | 
            
            
                
                North
                Wapiti Website Editor's note:  Although this looks like it
                could be Karen and her team of Siberian Huskies, it is not.
                However, I wanted to make visitors aware of APRN audio coverage
                of the Iditarod.. Alaskan
                artwork by Rie Munoz is available on the APRN site for purchase
                to help support their audio coverage of the race. Please
                consider purchasing an item to show them your appreciation of
                their coverage. | 
            
            
              An Interactive Map will be available starting
                March 3 on DailyNews-Minor 
                (The picture below is the graphic link to the
                Interactive Map) | 
            
            
                
                North
                Wapiti Website Editor's note:  The paper is providing online
                coverage of the race as well as an Interactive
                Map of this year's Iditarod.
                Please note their sponsors of this coverage and show your
                appreciation of the coverage by patronizing those sponsors. | 
            
            
              You may wish to visit AlAskA
                - IDitAroD - ReportAgen 
                (A German site following the Iditarod Races) | 
            
            
                
                A Google translation of a German
                site which includes Karen as part of their Iditarod 2003
                coverage. Quick links to six Alaska Webcams on their site,
                including those illustrated below. The site also has links to
                some small movie files of previous race coverage. Note: Quite a
                few of the small photos had broken links to the larger versions
                though :(
                
                  
                    
                        
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