Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race (2012)
Sixty-six teams began the nearly 1,000-mile race on March 4. Fifty-seven teams remain.
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Dallas Seavey drives toward Elim, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Monday, March 12, 2012.
Marc Lester Anchorage Daily News
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Mitch Seavey tends to his dogs in Koyuk, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Monday, March 12, 2012.
Marc Lester Anchorage Daily News
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Michelle Phillips arrives in Unalakleet, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Sunday, March 11, 2012. The top teams in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race bunched up Sunday before the last mad dash to Nome along the Bering Sea coast.
Marc Lester Anchorage Daily News
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Spectators watch as Aliy Zirkle leaves Unalakleet, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Sunday, March 11, 2012.
Marc Lester Anchorage Daily News
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Peter Kaiser drives his team into the checkpoint in Unalakleet, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Sunday, March 11, 2012.
Marc Lester Anchorage Daily News
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In this photo made Sunday, March 11, 2012, dogs are transported on a sled behind a snowmachine in Unalakleet, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The dogs were part of a caravan that brought four-time champion Jeff King back to Unalakleet after he scratched Sunday.
Marc Lester Anchorage Daily News
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Dallas Seavey pulls in to the checkpoint in Unalakleet, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Sunday, March 11, 2012.
Marc Lester Anchorage Daily News
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Aaron Burmeister approaches Unalakleet, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Sunday, March 11, 2012.
Marc Lester Anchorage Daily News
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A spectator awaits the first racer to come into Unalakleet, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Sunday, March 11, 2012.
Marc Lester Anchorage Daily News
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Aliy Zirkle feeds her dog team in Unalakleet, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Sunday, March 11, 2012.
Marc Lester Anchorage Daily News
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Mitch Seavey drives off the Yukon River and into the Kaltag checkpoint of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Saturday, March 10, 2012, in Kaltag, Alaska.
Marc Lester The Anchorage Daily News
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The six front runners of the race all stopped for rest at the Kaltag checkpoint of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Saturday, March 10, 2012, in Kaltag, Alaska.
Marc Lester The Anchorage Daily News
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DeeDee Jonrowe heads down the Yukon River after leaving the Ruby checkpoint of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Friday, March 9, 2012.
Marc Lester Anchorage Daily News
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In this Friday, March 9, 2012 photo, an aurora borealis swirls in the sky over the Yukon River village of Ruby, Alaska, a checkpoint of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Marc Lester Anchorage Daily News
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Aliy Zirkle crosses ice on the way to the finish line in Nome, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, March 13, 2012.
Marc Lester The Anchorage Daily News
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Dallas Seavey reaches the finish line to claim victory in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Nome, Alaska, on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Seavey is the youngest musher to win the nearly 1,000-mile race across Alaska.
Marc Lester Anchorage Daily News
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Dallas Seavey greets his daughter Annie and wife Jen under the burled arch. Seavey arrived at the finish line to claim victory in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Nome, Alaska, on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Seavey is the youngest musher to win the nearly 1,000-mile race across Alaska.
Marc Lester Anchorage Daily News