Iditarod's oldest winner
Mitch Seavey won the 2013 Iditarod, becoming the oldest champion in the race's 41-year history, crossing the finish line in Nome in a time of 9 days, 7 hours, 39 minutes 56 seconds.
Mitch Seavey won the 2013 Iditarod, becoming the oldest champion in the race's 41-year history, crossing the finish line in Nome in a time of 9 days, 7 hours, 39 minutes 56 seconds.
Mitch Seavey and Aliy Zirkle are sprinting toward the finish at the Iditarod, the closest the race has been in its final hours in 20 years.
Mitch Seavey and Aliy Zirkle, separated by just 13 minutes, are set to battle it out for the win in the 2013 Iditarod.
Less than 125 miles to Nome, 2004 Iditarod champion Mitch Seavey pulled away from second-place musher Jeff King.
The 2013 Iditarod is nearing its dramatic conclusion and it's still any musher's race, with Jeff King and Mitch Seavey battling it out on the unforgiving Alaskan coast.
Former champion Mitch Seavey holds the lead at the 2013 Iditarod, but that spot hasn't been too kind to others so far during the "Last Great Race."
Just 24 hours ago Martin Buser was on record-setting pace. Saturday, his lead on the rest of the pack fell to just 73 minutes as his team turned in its slowest pace of the 2013 Iditarod.
Martin Buser's unorthodox strategy is paying off so far, but will he have what it takes to hold the lead for several hundred more miles?
The lead in the 2013 Iditarod has been claimed by Aliy Zirkle, who zipped past Martin Buser as she made her way up the Yukon River.
Wait, is this how the Iron Dog race works?
Lance Mackey claimed the lead on paper in the 2013 Iditarod, reaching the halfway-point of the race later Wednesday night. But Martin Buser is hot in pursuit as the mushers head for the Yukon River.
Six others remained in Ophir, including early race leader Martin Buser and Jake Berkowitz.
Where do mushers go to the bathroom during the Iditaord? For a few female mushers, it's in their pants.
The first mushers have reached Ophir, but teams may have to worry about severe weather soon.
While Scott Buser takes his 24-hour rest, Aaron Burmeister shot to the front of the pack and will be the first to reach Takotna.
Martin Buser opted to take his mandatory 24-hour layover at the Rohn checkpoint, giving his dogs some rest after a record-breaking first day in the 2013 Iditarod. Tuesday's leg is a long stretch until the Nikolai checkpoint.
"We would be the fools if [Martin Buser] got some kind of weather between he and us. He would be laughing all the way to Nome. It's just neat that people are trying different things."via ADN
Martin Buser pushed his team of 16 dogs through 177 miles to Rohn before finally giving his dogs a lengthy rest. Whether that strategy will pay off in Nome remains to be seen.
Monday marks the first full day of real racing in the 2013 Iditarod, taking mushers to the Finger Lake checkpoint.
The 2013 Iditarod got underway for real on Sunday at Willow, Ala. Several hours later, mushers began arriving at the first checkpoint.
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Michigan musher Ed Stielstra made the decision before the 2013 Iditarod to drop out after the ceremonial start due to an injury suffered while training in February.
Sixty-six mushers begin the 41st edition of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Saturday. Here are the names you simply must know.
The 2013 Iditarod begins Saturday with the ceremonial start in Anchorage, which serves as the prologue before mushers make the nearly 1,000-mile run to Nome, Alaska.
Mushers converge on Anchorage, Alaska this weekend as the 2013 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race begins its 41st year.
Conceived nearly 50 years ago as a celebration of Alaska's centennial as an American territory, the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race highlights the history of America's northern frontier.