Musher Dallas Seavey, last year’s Iditarod champion, arrives second in Huslia, Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (Loren Holmes / AP)
Volunteers help raise the Iditarod finishers banner at the burled arch finish line in Nome, Alaska. (Mark Thiessen / AP)
Dallas Seavey is the first musher to reach the Koyuk, Alaska, checkpoint during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (Loren Holmes / AP)
Aaron Burmeister and his team mush into the Koyuk, Alaska, checkpoint during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (Loren Holmes / AP)
Dallas Seavey drives his dog team the Unalakleet checkpoint in the Iditarod. (Loren Holmes / AP)
Dallas Seavey tends to his lead dogs shortly after arriving at the Koyuk, Alaska, checkpoint. (Loren Holmes / AP)
Dallas Seavey looks on at the Koyuk, Alaska, checkpoint during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (Loren Holmes / AP)
Jessie Royer’s lead dogs look on at the Koyuk, Alaska, checkpoint. (Loren Holmes / AP)
Chilkat, one of Jessie Royer’s dogs, gets some shuteye at the Koyuk, Alaska, checkpoint. (Loren Holmes / AP)
