Emmitt Peters (born 1941 or 1942), known as the "Yukon Fox", is an Alaskan American hunter, fisher, trapper, and dog musher. The last rookie to win the 1,049 mile Iditarod dog sled race (in 1975), he and his lead dogs Nugget and Digger shattered by the previous speed record by almost six days. Peters is an Athabaskan Alaska Native who was born in Ruby, deep in the Alaska Interior. He became a hunter, fisher, and trapper, and grew up around sled dogs. Wikipedia
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