Two sled dog races over the weekend battled subzero temperatures but managed to wrap up in fine fashion, with Cim Smyth winning the Tustumena 200 and Anjanette Steer breaking the tape in the Northern Lights 300.

The Tustumena 200 starts and finishes at Mile 112 of the Sterling Highway on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, and this year featured a starting field of 16 mushers. According to the race's official results, at least five musher scratched from the race, including well-known musher DeeDee Jonrowe. According to the Anchorage Daily News, Jonrowe was forced to scratch after losing Ophelia, one of her sled dogs, in the vicinity of Clam Gulch early in the race. Ophelia was eventually found safe, still running in the subzero temperatures that have pervaded Alaska for the last week.

Cim Smith won the race with a time of 22 hours, 26 minutes. Veteran musher Jeff King came in shortly after, with a time of 22:33, and Dan Kaduce finished third with a time of 23:45.

Elsewhere in the state, the Northern Lights 300, which also takes place in Southcentral Alaska and follows a long portion of the Iditarod Trail, all the way to Finger Lake after its start -- and eventual finish -- in Big Lake. In that race, Sheep Mountain Lodge owner Anjanette Steer won with a time of 49 hours, 52 minutes. Ray Redington was following close behind throughout the race, at one point narrowing Steer's lead to a mere six minutes, according to the ADN.

Redington eventually finished only 12 minutes behind Steer, with a time of 50 hours, 4 minutes. In third was Travis Beals, at 50:59. Five mushers -- out of the starting field of 27 -- scratched. View the full standings here.