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1,000-mile sled dog race also passes over Eagle Summit. The area's high winds, drifting snow, and steep terrain make it the most difficult section of trail in the race, and some competitors have called it the most difficult section of trail in any sled dog race in the world. In 2006, a fierce storm
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1008:. Second Edition. C. Scribner's Sons, 1916. p. 11
1110:"Eagle Summit, Alaska 1991-2020 Monthly Normals"
1142:Landforms of Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska
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157:Yukon Flats
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107:145°24′13″W
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104:65°29′04″N
1115:March 31,
1094:March 31,
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1088:"xmACIS"
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