Iditarod 2013
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Mitch Seavey is the first musher to leave White Mountain, Alaska, toward the finish line in Nome on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (Bill Roth/ Anchorage Daily News/ MCT) -
Aerial view of dog teams resting on the Fish River in White Mountain, Alaska, on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Mushers are required to take an 8-hour layover before proceeding to the Nome finish line. (Bill Roth/ Anchorage Daily News/ MCT) -
Mitch Seavey leaves White Mountain in Alaska, Tuesday, March 12, 2013, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (AP Photo/ The Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth) LOCAL TV OUT (KTUU-TV, KTVA-TV) LOCAL PRINT OUT (THE ANCHORAGE PRESS, THE ALASKA DISPATCH) -
Aliy Zirkle gets her dogs ready to leave White Mountain, Alaska, on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (Bill Roth/ Anchorage Daily News/ MCT) -
Cim Smyth drives his dog team towards the checkpoint in Shaktoolik checkpoint in Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Monday, March 11, 2013. -
Aily Zirkle drives her dog team towards Elim after leaving the checkpoint at Koyuk in Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Monday, March 11, 2013. -
A musher drives a dog team towards the Koyuk checkpoint in Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Monday, March 11, 2013. View a photo gallery. -
Aaron Burmeister arrives at the Unalakleet, Alaska, checkpoint Sunday, March 10, 2013, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Burmeister was the second musher to arrive, Mitch Seavey was the first. -
Musher Mitch Seavey arrives at the Unalakleet, Alaska, checkpoint Sunday, March 10, 2013, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. -
Musher Mitch Seavey , right, won the Wells Fargo Gold Coast Award, $2,500 worth of gold nuggets, for being the first musher to reach the Unalakleet, Alaska, checkpoint Sunday, March 10, 2013, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. -
Musher Mitch Seavey arrives at the Unalakleet, Alaska, checkpoint Sunday, March 10, 2013, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. -
A dropped dog is led away from a plane during the Iditarod race in Unalakleet, Alaska, Saturday, March 9, 2013. -
Four-time Iditarod champion Martin Buser reaches out to long-time friend and Nulato checker Larry Esmailka who drove down the Yukon River to help out with the race on Saturday, March 9, 2013. Buser was about 5 miles away from the Kaltag checkpoint and leading the sled dog race. -
In this photo taken Saturday, March 9, 2013, four-time Iditarod champion Martin Buser stops to snack his dogs on the Yukon River about 5 miles outside the Kaltag, Alaska, check point during the Iditarod Trail sled dog dace. -
In this photo taken Saturday, March 9, 2013, four-time Iditarod champion Martin Buser drives his dog team up the Yukon River as he nears the Kaltag, Alaska, check point on Saturday, March 9, 2013. -
Four-time Iditarod champion Martin Buser drives his dog team up the wind-swept Yukon River as he nears Kaltag on Saturday, March 9, 2013. -
Musher Ken Anderson drives his team up the Yukon River as he nears the Iditarod checkpoint in Anvik, Alaska on Friday, March 8, 2013, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. -
Four-time Iditarod champion Jeff King takes care of his dogs after arriving in Anvik, Alaska, on Friday, March 8, 2013, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. -
John Baker's dogs cross an island in the Yukon River as they near the Iditarod checkpoint in Anvik, Alaska on Friday, March 8, 2013, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. -
Four-time Iditarod champion Martin Buser wipes his face after arriving first at the Yukon River in Anvik, Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, early Friday, March 8, 2013. -
Four-time Iditarod champion Martin Buser, and his wife, Kathy Chapoton, eat a special meal prepared for the First to the Yukon award winner in Anvik, Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, early Friday, March 8, 2013. Besides the meal, there are two more gifts for the first musher: $3,500, served on a gold pan, but all in single $1 bills, and a bottle of champagne. -
Four-time Iditarod champion Martin Buser examines one of his dogs after arriving first at the Yukon River in Anvik, Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, early Friday, March 8, 2013. -
Four-time Iditarod champion Martin Buser was the first musher to reach the Yukon River when he arrived in the Anvik checkpoint at 2:17 a.m., Friday, March 8, 2013. -
Four-time Iditarod champion Martin Buser arrives first at the Yukon River in Anvik, Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, early Friday, March 8, 2013. -
Iditarod veterinarian Mike Hicks carries supplies into the Anvik, Alaska, checkpoint as the Yukon River community anticipates the arrival of the first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race mushers Thursday, March 7, 2013. -
Iditarod checker Wilson Maillelle and volunteer Darren Hull put up a banner at the checkpoint in Anvik, Alaska, as the Yukon River community anticipates the arrival of the first Iditarod mushers on Thursday, March 7, 2013. -
Drop bags and straw bales are lined out at the Iditarod checkpoint in Anvik, Alaska, as the Yukon River community anticipates the arrival of the first Iditarod mushers on Thursday, March 7, 2013. -
An Iditarod sled dog sleeps under a blanket at the McGrath checkpoint on Wednesday, March 6, 2013. -
Iditarod sled dogs from Mike Ellis rest at the McGrath checkpoint on Wednesday, Mar. 6, 2013. -
Iditarod musher Matt Failor lines out his dog team while leaving the McGrath checkpoint on Wednesday, March 6, 2013. -
Musher Matt Failor drives his team down the Kuskokwim River after leaving the Iditarod checkpoint in McGrath on Wednesday, March 6, 2013. -
Musher Matt Failor puts boots on Angel prior to leaving the Iditarod checkpoint in McGrath, Alaska, on Wednesday, March 6, 2013. -
Rudy Demoski hauls his drop bags in the McGrath checkpoint during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday, March 6, 2013. -
Veteran Iditarod musher Rudy Demoski prepares food for his dog team at the McGrath, Alaska, checkpoint on Wednesday, March 6, 2013. -
Musher Louie Ambrose gets hot water at the Iditarod checkpoint in McGrath on Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at Nikolai Airport in Nikolai, Alaska. -
Volunteers bring dropped dogs to be loaded onto Iditarod Air Force planes and flown to McGrath during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at Nikolai Airport in Nikolai, Alaska. -
Kidron Flynn carries a dropped dog to an Iditarod Air Force plane during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at Nikolai Airport in Nikolai, Alaska. -
Kidron Flynn sits with dropped dogs getting ready to be loaded in an Iditarod Air Force plane during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at Nikolai Airport in Nikolai, Alaska. -
Iditarod Air Force pilot Scott Ivany prepares to take off with a load of dropped dogs in his Cessna 185 during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at Nikolai Airport in Nikolai, Alaska. -
Dropped dogs are loaded into an Iditarod Air Force plane to be flown to McGrath during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at Nikolai Airport in Nikolai, Alaska. -
Volunteer Marty Runkle unloads musher return bags during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at Nikolai Airport in Nikolai, Alaska. -
Iditarod musher Anna Berington arrives into the village of Nikolai, Alaska, with a dog named Skwentna on the sled during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. -
Allen Moore puts booties on his dog team before leaving the village of Nikolai, Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. -
Four-year-old Kayden Alexie pokes a fire with a stick as people gather in the village of Nikolai, Alaska, to watch and help with dog teams pulling into the checkpoint during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. -
Headlamps provide light for mushers and veterinarians working with sled dogs in the village of Nikolai, Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. -
A musher and dog team rest between the Rohn and Nikolai checkpoints in Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. View a photo gallery. -
A musher and dog team cross the ice between the Rohn and Nikolai checkpoints in Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. -
Four-time champion Martin Buser heads down the trail on his way to the Nikolai checkpoint in Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. -
Mushers work their way across the Farewell Burn in Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. -
Iditarod rookie Christine Roalofs curls up to take a nap with her dogs at the Iditarod checkpoint on Finger Lake, Alaska, Monday, March 4, 2013. -
Iditarod rookie Christine Roalofs sets an alarm clock before curling up to take a nap with her dogs at the Iditarod checkpoint on Finger Lake, Alaska, Monday, March 4, 2013. Roalofs, a pediatric dentist in Anchorage, said she "only got one hour of rest " on her first night on the Iditarod trail. -
Iditarod rookie Christine Roalofs crawls into a sleeping bag to take a nap with her dogs at the Iditarod checkpoint on Finger Lake, Alaska, Monday, March 4, 2013. -
Matt Giblin puts booties on leader Kenya before leaving the Iditarod checkpoint on Finger Lake, Alaska, Monday, March 4, 2013. -
Brownie, foreground, a sled dog in Mike Surenant's team, rests at the Finger Lake checkpoint in Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Monday, March 4, 2013. -
Ken Anderson puts booties on a lead dog, named Regret, at the Finger Lake checkpoint in Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Monday, March 4, 2013. -
Musher Sonny Lindner snacks his dogs at the Finger Lake checkpoint in Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Monday, March 4, 2013. -
Competitors arrive at the Finger Lake checkpoint in Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Monday, March 4, 2013. -
Musher Cim Smyth arrives at the Finger Lake checkpoint in Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Monday, March 4, 2013. -
Leaders in Jessica Hendricks's dog team negotiate a steep drop off in the trail after leaving the Finger Lake checkpoint in Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Monday, March 4, 2013. -
Musher Anna Berington negotiates a steep drop off in the trail after departing the Finger Lake checkpoint in Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Monday, March 4, 2013. -
Honey peaks out of a dog truck at the ceremonial start of the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Saturday, March 2, 2013, in Anchorage, Alaska. The competitive portion of the 1,000-mile race is scheduled to begin Sunday in Willow, Alaska. Honey did not run in the ceremonial start but will be in Kristy Berington's team when they hit the trial for the start in Willow. -
Michael Williams, Jr., greets fans along Cordova Street during the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Saturday, March 2, 2013, in Anchorage, Alaska. The competitive portion of the 1,000-mile race is scheduled to begin Sunday in Willow, Alaska. -
Jeff King, of Denali, Alaska, gets high fives in the start chute as he leaves the starting line of the 2013 Iditarod Sled Dog Race in Willow, Alaska, Sunday, March 3, 2013. (Bob Hallinen/ Anchorage Daily News/ MCT) -
Three mushers cross Vera Lake during the Iditarod Restart in Willow, Alaska, Sunday, March 3, 2013. Sixty-five mushers hit the Iditarod Trail on a 1,000 mile journey across the Alaska wilderness to the race finish in Nome. (Bill Roth/ Anchorage Daily News/ MCT) -
A musher drives they dog team down the start chute across Willow Lake during the Iditarod Restart in Alaska, Sunday, March 3, 2013. Sixty-five mushers hit the Iditarod Trail on a 1,000 mile journey across the Alaska wilderness to the race finish in Nome. (Bill Roth/ Anchorage Daily News/ MCT) -
Dallas Seavey, of Willow, Alaska, leaves the starting line of the 2013 Iditarod Sled Dog Race in Willow, Sunday, March 3, 2013. (Bob Hallinen/ Anchorage Daily News/ MCT) -
Cim Smyth, of Two Rivers, Alaska, drives his dog team down 4th Avenue during the ceremonial start of the 2013 Iditarod Sled Dog Race on Saturday, March 2, 2013, in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The race begins in earnest in Willow, Alaska, on Sunday. (Bob Hallinen/ Anchorage Daily News/ MCT) -
Brent Sass drives his dog team down the Cordova Street hill during the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Saturday, March 2, 2013, in Anchorage, Alaska. The competitive portion of the 1,000-mile race is scheduled to begin Sunday in Willow, Alaska. (AP Photo/ Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth) -
Dogs on the team of musher Scott Janssen howl before the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Saturday, March 2, 2013, in Anchorage, Alaska. The competitive portion of the 1,000-mile race is scheduled to begin on Sunday in Willow, 50 miles to the north. (AP Photo/ Rachel D'Oro) -
A pair of Michelle Phillips' team dogs get a little testy before the ceremonial start of the 2013 Iditarod Sled Dog Race on Saturday, March 2, 2013, in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The race begins in earnest in Willow, Alaska, on Sunday. (Bob Hallinen/ Anchorage Daily News/ MCT) -
The dog team of Mike Ellis round the corner at 4th Avenue and Cordova Street during the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Saturday, March 2, 2013, in Anchorage, Alaska. The competitive portion of the 1,000-mile race is scheduled to begin Sunday in Willow, Alaska. (AP Photo/ Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth) -
Grace Michaelson, from Wisconsin, visits with Karin Hendrickson's sled dog, Luna, during the ceremonial start of the 2013 Iditarod Sled Dog Race on Saturday, March 2, 2013, in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The race begins in earnest in Willow, Alaska, on Sunday. (Bob Hallinen/ Anchorage Daily News/ MCT) -
Ramey Smyth's dogs prepare at the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Saturday, March 2, 2013, in Anchorage, Alaska. The competitive portion of the 1,000-mile race is scheduled to begin Sunday in Willow, Alaska. (AP Photo/ Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen) -
James Volek pulls one on his dogs out of a truck before the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Sunday, March 3, 2013, in Willow, Alaska. 65 teams will be making their way through punishing wilderness toward the finish line in Nome on Alaska's western coast 1,000 miles away. (AP Photo/ The Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen) LOCAL TV OUT (KTUU-TV, KTVA-TV) LOCAL PRINT OUT (THE ANCHORAGE PRESS, THE ALASKA DISPATCH) -
Dogs wait to run in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Sunday, March 3, 2013, in Willow, Alaska. 65 teams will be making their way through punishing wilderness toward the finish line in Nome on Alaska's western coast 1,000 miles away. (AP Photo/ Rachel D'Oro)
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