Photo galleries

Check out daily galleries from this year's race, and seven years worth of past Iditarods.

2012 Leader board

Track the race on the musher gallery leader board with updated results and standings.

2012 Trail map

Follow the mushers along the Iditarod trail's northern route, with live standings at each checkpoint.

2012 Reader photos

Check out the The Last Great Race from the fans' perspective as readers post photos from every checkpoint along the Iditarod trail.

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Armchair Musher: Sebastian Schnuelle

Musher Sebastian Schuelle will be following this year's Iditarod on snowmachine and writing about it for the ADN.

Photos: Sebastian Schnuelle's Iditarod

The Sled Blog

Follow the news and notes leading up to the Iditarod and, after the race begins, live from the trail.

Dallas and Aliy catch up

Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey greets Aliy Zirkle in Nome after she finished in second place, an hour behind Seavey.

Grumpy mushers

Happy mushers make for happy dogs. And vice versa, Iditarod racers say. Iditarod musher Brent Sass and Armchair Musher Sebastian Schnuelle explain it.

Leaders' strategy

Race leaders Aliy Zirkle and Dallas Seavey talk about their race strategy in the last half of the Iditarod.

Marshall comes home

Scott Janssen's dog Marshall, who was resuscitated by Janssen on the trail, has a homecoming in Anchorage.

Dog CPR

Musher Scott Janssen describes having to resuscitate his dog Marshall.

Checkpoint chatter

Want to hear what a checkpoint sounds like? Watch this video.

Sled dancing?

While resting at the Takotna checkpoint, 2011 Iditarod champion John Baker talks about whether Aliy Zirkle could win the race, what fans should make of the pace and how you might catch him dancing to 80s music on the dog sled.

Iditarod wagers

We asked Dan Seavey who has the faster team, Seavey's son Mitch or his grandson, Dallas.

Back of the pack

Iditarod rookie Matt Failor was the last musher to leave the Skwentna checkpoint on Monday morning. Failor, from Mansfield, Ohio, explains why it's all part of the plan and why doesn't expect to stay in last place for long.

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Susan Butcher memorial

This photo retrospective covers more than two decades of Iditarod racing.