2011 Iditarod: Day 5 (Takotna)

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2012 Musher leaderboard

Track all 62 mushers along the trail with live stats throughout the race and historical biographies.

Meet the sled dogs

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2012 Reader photos

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2012 Trail map

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Nome to Home

Nome -Aerial photographs of the Alaska Landscape along the Iditarod Sled Dog Race trail from Nome to Anchorage at the end of the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Thursday March 17, 2011. Photographed from a K2 Aviation Cessna 185 piloted by Warren Woods.

Alaska landscapes in Black and White.

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Day 11

Through fog from spectators breath Iditarod musher Lance Mackey drives his team to the dog lot at the end of the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday March 16, 2011. Four time consecutive and defending champion Mackey finished in 9th place.

Lance Mackey finished in 16th place for the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Mushers continue to stream into the coastal town.

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2011 Iditarod: Day 10 (Nome - Baker wins)

John Baker won the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in record time.

John Baker

Iditarod musher John Baker at the White Mountain checkpoint during the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Monday, March 14, 2011.

Photos of Iditarod champion John Baker on his record-breaking run from Anchorage to Nome during the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

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Day 9

The race was moving fast along the coast towards Nome on day 9 of the Iditarod.

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Day 8

Iditarod musher Hugh Neff from Tok, AK at the Unalakleet checkpoint during the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Sunday morning March 13, 2011.

The front runners of the race are moving through Unalakleet on day 8 of the Iditarod.

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Day 7

Sebastian Schnuelle, from Whitehorse, Yukon, works with his dogs at the Kaltag checkpoint during the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Saturday March 12, 2011.

Day 7 of racing in the Iditarod finds mushers in Kaltag and on their way there.

Iditarod: Day 6

Photos from the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race near Anvik, Alaska.