Twelve rookies and seven former champs are among sixty-eight mushers who have signed-up for the 2013 Iditarod sled-dog race, including a rookie from Brazil and Norway.Dallas Seavey, this year’s winner and the youngest musher to win at the age of 25, will try to repeat his victory and his father Mitch Seavey, 2004 champ, will also hit the trails. The deadline to register was Friday, Nov. 30 and most of the mushers have headquarters in Alaska, but there are some mushers from across the globe.Joar Leifseth Ulsom, 26, of Norway, and Luan Ramos Marques, 22, of Brazil, are some of the international competitors and both have Yukon Quest experience.Read more here: http://www.ktuu.com/sports/iditarod-2013-rookies-from-brazil-and-norway-join-7-former-champs-nome-alaska-ktuu-20121201,0,4577736.story
