Here's a few hurried shots from the start of today's Yukon Quest. About 30 below on the Chena River in downtown Fairbanks, but nobody was complaining. Twenty-four mushers entered the race, compared to about 100 in the Iditarod. Those cats probably won't feel air that's above zero during the 1,000-mile trip to Whitehorse.

Random shot of the final team, belonging to Becca Moore, getting to starting line. When Alaska huskies wear coats, it's cold, buddy:

Matias Saari, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reporter and Equinox marathon champ who will follow the mushers to Whitehorse and try not to freeze his skinny butt:

Our friend Craig McCaa with our babyboo, who witnessed her first Quest start, filtered through fleece: