One of the world’s coldest and toughest ultra endurance races is back on this year after being cancelled in 2021 because of COVID-19.
Forty athletes from Canada, the U.S., Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, the U.K. and Singapore, will compete in either the 100-mile or the 300-mile race on bikes, skis or by foot at the Yukon Arctic Ultra, which gets underway Thursday morning.
Robert Pollhammer, the long-time organizer of the event, couldn’t be more pleased.
“I’m feeling good about it,” he said. “It’s been active quite early compared to normal, and it’s been a bit stressful at the beginning because of
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