Multimedia Release - Coast Guard sponsored musher starts the Iditarod

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Coast Guard Cmdr. Darryl Verfaillie, commanding officer at Marine Safety Unit Valdez and Iditarod sponsorship organizer and sponsored Iditarod racerunner Ken Anderson talk about the race and the sponsorship, and Anderson starts the ceremonial leg of the 38th running of the Iditarod.

The Coast Guard is sponsoring Anderson, a nine-year Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race veteran during his 2010 Iditarod race attempt that extends through 1049 miles of some of Alaska's toughest terrain.

U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Coast Guard sponsored Iditarod racerunner Ken Anderson departs on the first leg of the 38th running of the Iditarod, March 6, 2010. 

The Coast Guard is sponsoring Anderson in his 10th running of the Iditarod, which is known as “The last great race on Earth.” 

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Coast Guard sponsored Iditarod musher Ken Anderson prepares his sled for the ceremonial start of the 38th running of the Iditarod, March 6, 2010. 

The Coast Guard is sponsoring Anderson, a nine-year Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race veteran during his 10th running of the Iditarod, which is known as “The last great race on Earth."

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Coast Guard sponsored Iditarod musher Ken Anderson places a harness upon one of his dogs before the ceremonial start of the 38th running of the Iditarod, March 6, 2010.

The Coast Guard is sponsoring Anderson, a nine-year Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race veteran during his 2010 Iditarod race attempt that extends through 1049 miles of some of Alaska's toughest terrain. 

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Coast Guard sponsored Iditarod racerunner Ken Anderson attaches one of his race dogs for the ceremonial start of the 38th running of the Iditarod, March 6, 2010. 

The Coast Guard is sponsoring Anderson, a nine-year Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race veteran during his 2010 Iditarod race attempt that extends through 1049 miles of some of Alaska's toughest terrain. 

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Rear Adm. Christopher Colvin, Coast Guard District 17 commander, presents Kaylee Bridges, the Idita-Rider winner and Alaska native, with a Coast Guard bag filled with Coast Guard memorabilia to help commemorate her participation in the of the 38th running of the Iditarod, March 6, 2010.

The Coast Guard is sponsoring Anderson in his 10th running of the Iditarod, which is known as “The last great race on Earth.” 

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley