Iditarod 36
Four-time Iditarod champ Jeff King has been charged in federal court with illegally killing a moose in Denali National Park and Preserve.
Iditarod mushers accept honors
For a time Monday, the start to the finish of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race for 62-year-old rookie Deborah Bicknell from Juneau was taking on hints of disaster.
DAY 15
Iditarod Red Lantern winner is ...
With 65 mushers across the finish line and the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race banquet looming today, perhaps the last thing to be settled is the red lantern winner.
The third Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race was clearly not the charm for Rachael Scdoris, the vision-impaired musher from Oregon.
DAY 14
Using trail markers as ski poles for the last 70 miles to ease the load for her six dogs remaining in harness, Iditarod rookie Melissa Owens got home Thursday morning just in time for breakfast.
Photos: Owens' run through Nome
Kleedehn is rookie of the year
William Kleedehn of Carcross, Yukon, claimed rookie-of-the year honors for his 28th place finish on Thursday.
DAY 13
Mackey's magical run in Iditarod, Quest
Hardworking blue-collar nice guy Lance Mackey from Fairbanks today owns the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race the way no one has since Doug Swingley at the dawn of the millennium.
Trail gambits throughout Iditarod history
Smyth leads Iditarod pack for third
Smyth leads Iditarod pack for third
While Lance Mackey charged onto Front Street for his second straight Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race victory, more than a dozen teams rested 70 miles away early Wednesday morning on the banks of the Fish River.
Trail gambits throughout Iditarod history
Some decisive events in Iditarod history
DAY 12 - MACKEY WINS THE IDITAROD
Mackey proves Iditarod/Quest wins no fluke
Sled-dog racing pundits said it couldn't be done: Winning both the 1,000-mile Yukon Quest and the 1,100-mile Iditarod in one year, and both in little more than a month. But at 2:46 a.m. today, Lance Mackey and his dogs passed beneath the burled arch in Nome to do it again. Jeff King arrived in second place about 80 minutes later.
Drama plays out as rest of Top 10 finish
Front-running mushers stream across finish line
Photos: Mackey's 2008 Iditarod victory
Iditarod champions of this decade
Drama plays out as rest of Top 10 finish
WHITE MOUNTAIN - While Lance Mackey charged onto Front Street for his second straight Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race victory, more than a dozen teams rested 70 miles away early Wednesday morning here on the banks of the Fish River.
Front-running mushers stream across finish line
A pack of Iditarod mushers followed champion Lance Mackey and runner-up Jeff King across the Nome finish line this morning and early afternoon, creating a scrum for payouts as the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race finished for the frontrunners.
Driving his dogs at a blistering 130 mph into Ruby, Martin Buser on Friday was on pace to break his own race record in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The only problem -- the four-time champion from Big Lake was headed back toward Willow.
Iditarod champions of this decade
Winners and their times since 2000.
A 4-year-old dog in the team of veteran Kotzebue musher Ed Iten died Tuesday between Elim and White Mountain, according to the Iditarod Trail Committee.
DAY 11
Mackey leads into last Iditarod checkpoint
WHITE MOUNTAIN - With his dirty, red, arctic snowsuit stripped off and packed away in his sled, defending Iditarod champion Lance Mackey and his team off 11 Alaska huskies set off to run for Nome at 4:53 p.m.
Mackey pushes hard to keep King at bay
Mackey and King ready for stretch run
20 closest finishes in Iditarod history
Lead dog's ashes spread where he often ran best
Snowmachine kills team dog on Yukon
Lead dog's ashes spread where he often ran best
UNALAKLEET -- Feeling melancholy from pouring the ashes of his dead lead dog on the Yukon River, Paul Gebhardt dug deep for happiness late Saturday when he watched green northern lights dance in the sky.
DAY 10
King, Mackey prepare for final charge
Defending Iditarod champion Lance Mackey and four-time victor Jeff King pulled into the Koyuk checkpoint early this afternoon just 130 miles from the finish line on Nome's Front Street and a monumental victory -- no matter which musher wins.
Mackey, King duke it out on last stretch
Snowmachine hits, kills Iditarod dog
DAY NINE
Veteran King grabs Iditarod lead
UNALAKLEET -- The morning fog lifted just hours before four-time Iditarod champion Jeff King rolled into this Bering Sea village to claim the lead for the first time in The Last Great Race.
Mackey looks to recapture winning formula
Iditarod dog dies, musher scratches
Mackey remains the leader, but King is closing on him
DAY EIGHT
Mackey trying to push, but King's closing
Defending champion Lance Mackey pulled out of Nulato at 2:49 this afternoon, still leading the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. But four-time champion Jeff King of Denali Park, with his full complement of 16 dogs still in harness, was starting to close the gap.
King's advantage is in the dogs
DAY SEVEN
Mackey first to head down the Yukon
Defending champion Lance Mackey pulled out of Ruby this afternoon to begin his run down the ice-covered Yukon River in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, hoping to put some distance between him and Jeff King's team of 16 energetic dogs.
King behind Mackey but likes his prospects
Mackey leads pack headed for Ruby
| Rank | Musher (bib) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lance Mackey (6) |
| 2 | Jeff King (11) |
| 3 | Ramey Smyth (48) |
| 4 | Ken Anderson (9) |
| 5 | Martin Buser (13) |
| 6 | Hans Gatt (38) |
| 7 | Mitch Seavey (33) |
| 8 | Paul Gebhardt (69) |
| 9 | Kjetil Backen (42) |
| 10 | Sebastian Schnuelle (68) |
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Seven races worth of images from one of the most remote sporting events in the world.
The race dogs unable to continue the Iditarod are flown back and returned to the mushers or cared for at Hiland Mountain Correctional Facility.
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Watch and listen to veterans and rookies alike talk about what the Last Great Race means to them as they get ready for the start of the 36th Iditarod.
Watch and listen to the story of the Father of the Iditarod, Joe Redington Sr.'s, last race.
Two years of ceremonial starts, interviews, a look at the Mackey family of mushers, and more features on The Iditarod.
Susitna Sal meets the devil on the Iditarod trail and challenges him to a mush for his soul.
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