2017 Kobuk 440 starts today

Racers at the starting line of the 2016 Kobuk 440 (Photo: Emily Schwing, KNOM.)gaThe 2017 Kobuk 440 sled dog race begins today in Kotzebue.
16 teams will head out in a mass start in front of the Nullagvik Hotel at 12:30 p.m. today. The trail stretches from Kotzebue through Noorvik, Kiana, Ambler and Shungnak out to Kobuk and back.
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Mushers drew for their bib numbers at a sheefish potluck in Kotzebue last night with the high school band playing the national anthem. Kobuk 440 Board Presi