In order to win a record fifth Iditarod, Rick Swenson mushed from White Mountain to Nome in a snowstorm so severe that other veteran mushers turned back. ‘‘There were times when you couldn’t even see the ground,’’ he said later. When asked why he kept going, Swenson answered: “Desperation, I guess. I wanted to win the Iditarod.”
Rick Swenson Wins Record Fifth Iditarod in 1991
