It was a typical winter's day in Teslin, Canada meaning temperatures were hovering around a chilling -8F at 9 a.m. when 37 intrepid adventurers took off from the starting line of what was billed as the world's "coldest and toughest" ultra. Over the next week, an unusual sight unfolded across the frozen landscape, as the runners made their way north across the territory's frozen subarctic region on foot, pulling their gear behind them in sleds for 340k, then turned around and retraced their steps.
That was the plan anyway.
