Northern sled dog race

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We're running with the huskies for today's Geo Quiz: The Yukon Quest is under way. 25 mushers and their sled dogs left Whitehorse in Canada's Yukon Territory on Sunday. They're headed northwest to Fairbanks, Alaska – 1,000 miles away, as the dogs run. Where's the halfway point?

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