Not many of the original Gunflint Mail Run mushers were around for the 2012 version of the race. However, the son of one of them—Arleigh Jorgenson—was the winner of the 2012 Gunflint Mail Run. Odin Jorgenson is carrying on the family tradition of dog sled racing and he was the first across the finish line on Tuesday, January 31. He certainly was cheered on by his dad and these old-timers. Pictured here in the late 1970s (L-R, front) Peter Redmond, Phil Fleming, Jim Cowper, John Patten, Ted Young. (L-R, back) Arleigh Jorgenson, Tim White, David Fromm, unknown, Paul Fleming, Kevin Turnbough, Jim Stevens.
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