Thursday, 17 January 2008, 10:45 GMT
Dog teams gather ahead of races
Mushers have arrived in Aviemore for the town's annual dog sled rally.
About 200 teams from all over the country will do practice runs on Friday ahead of two days of competition. The event finishes next Tuesday.
Organised by the Siberian Husky Club of Great Britain, the rally is run on tracks around Loch Morlich.
Competitors include schoolchildren and veterans who will mush teams of two and eight dogs running at up to 20mph over four-mile track.
The dogs include Siberian huskies, Alaskan Malamutes, Samoyeds, Greenland Dogs and Canadian Eskimo Dogs.
Last year, due to the lack of snow, teams used three-wheeled rigs instead of sleds.
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