Yukon Quest

A four year project to photograph the Yukon Quest. Originally published as a feature story for Canadian Geographic Travel, winner of the 2007 Northern Lights Award for travel photography.

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The Golden Trail

The Yukon Quest follows the Dawson Overland trail from Whitehorse to the goldfields of the Klondike. Horse drawn sleighs and dog teams would make the the trip in about 5 days overnighting at roadhouses spaced a days travel apart. Today Kelley Griffin of Alaska has no such luxury, she will run for about 6 hours before making camp to feed and rest the team before making another run to the Carmacks checkpoint.

Kelley Griffin Silver Belle Kennels Overland Trail Braeburn Yukon Quest