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FILE - In this photo taken Sunday, March 1, 2015 file photo, musher Scott Janssen poses in Anchorage, Alaska. Jansen was knocked unconscious and removed from the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race last year when he broke an ankle. Iditarod officials says because of warm weather and barren trails south of the Alaska Range, the conditions are worse this year, and they have moved the official start of the race from the greater Anchorage area to Fairbanks, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

Iditarod mushers share lessons they learned the hard way

By MARK THIESSEN - Associated Press

In a Saturday, March 1, 2014, photo, Scott Janssen keeps control of his sled rounding the corner near Goose Lake during the ceremonial start for Iditarod 42 in Anchorage, Alaska. A weather pattern that has buried the eastern U.S. in snow has left Alaska fairly warm and relatively snow-free this winter, forcing the world's most famous sled dog race farther north. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News,Anne Raup)

Warm weather forced Iditarod farther north

By Mark Thiessen - Associated Press

In a Saturday, March 1, 2014 photo, Scott Janssen keeps control of his sled rounding the corner near Goose Lake during the ceremonial start for Iditarod 42 in Anchorage, Ak. Janssen, an Anchorage undertaker known as the Mushing Mortician, was back home early Wednesday, Feb. 5 after he was flown to a hospital after a harrowing ordeal that included crashing his sled, hitting his head on a stump and later falling through ice and breaking his ankle. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News,Anne Raup)

Iditarod racer flown to hospital with broken ankle

By MARK THIESSEN - Associated Press

In this image provided by Chelsea Janssen, musher Scott Janssen poses for a photo showing his broken ankle on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 in Anchorage, Alaska. Janssen was flown to a hospital after a harrowing ordeal that included crashing his sled, hitting his head on a stump and later falling through ice and breaking his ankle during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Janssen, an Anchorage undertaker known as the Mushing Mortician, was back home early Wednesday after getting a cast for the broken bone he suffered on Tin Creek, about 40 miles from Nikolai, Alaska. (AP Photo/Chelsea Janssen)

Iditarod racer flown to hospital with broken ankle

By MARK THIESSEN - Associated Press