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NOME, ALASKA – (March 16, 2005)

NORWEGIAN MUSHER ROBERT SORLIE IS FIRST INTO NOME

IDITAROD XXXIII MUSHER Robert Sorlie, (Bib #50) is the first musher to cross the
Burled Arch of Nome. He reached end of the IDITAROD TRAIL at 8:39:31 this morning
(Wednesday, March 16, 2005) with eight dogs. This marks Sorlie’s second IDITAROD
win. He was the first to come down Front Street in 2003. Sorlie made the 1,161 trek
to Nome in nine days, eighteen hours, thirty-nine minutes, and thirty-one seconds.
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