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FILE - In this March 1, 2014 file photo, musher Jessie Royer of Darby, Mont., drivers her dog team along Campbell Air Strip near the end of the ceremonial start of the 2014 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska. One Iditarod musher ditched the frozen foods heated over a campfire for a gourmet meal Friday morning, March 13, 2020. Royer of Fairbanks was the first musher to reach the checkpoint in Ruby, Alaska, and a huge spread prepared by a chef flown in from Anchorage awaited her when she pulled into town with 14 dogs in harness at 6:37 a.m. (AP Photo/Dan Joling, File)

FILE - In this March 1, 2014 file photo, musher Jessie Royer of Darby, Mont., drivers her dog team along Campbell Air Strip near the end of the ceremonial start of the 2014 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska. One Iditarod musher ditched the frozen foods heated over a campfire for a gourmet meal Friday morning, March 13, 2020. Royer of Fairbanks was the first musher to reach the checkpoint in Ruby, Alaska, and a huge spread prepared by a chef flown in from Anch…

March 13, 2020

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Gourmet meal welcomes first Iditarod musher to Yukon River
March 13, 2020 12:01 p.m.

Gourmet meal welcomes first Iditarod musher to Yukon River

ANCHORAGE, ALaska (AP) — One Iditarod musher ditched a meal of frozen food heated over a campfire for a gourmet meal Friday.