The BBC's Jackie Long recently spoke with Governor Sarah Palin in Big Lake, Alaska, as the Iron Dog snowmobile race was set to begin. The Iron Dog course is over 2,000 miles, making it the world's longest snowmobile race, and where driver teams experience some of Alaska's most remote and rugged terrain, while accompanied by the brutally harsh winter weather for which Alaska has long been known.
Todd Palin competed in this year's Iron Dog, finishing in second place after his left snowmobile ski was damaged from an impact, losing first place in the last 100 miles of the race. Todd has been on the winning team four times since the Iron Dog (originally the Iron Dog Iditarod) races began in 1984.
