Sass exits ‘camping mode’ as Iditarod kicks into high gear

Brent Sass, pictured here in Ruby was the first musher to the Bering Sea Coast. (Photo by Zach Hughes, KSKA)Unalakleet was buzzing overnight as Iditarod mushers and their dog teams arrived on the Bering Sea Coast. As KNOM’s Emily Schwing reports, their sense of urgency was palpable.
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Brent Sass’s dog team skittered to a stop on the hard packed snow and thick ice that covers most of Unalakleet. It’s only the second checkpoint along the race trail that Sass has spen