Light Table Mackey

Daily News photographer Bob Hallinen was in Nome when Lance Mackey crossed the finish line and reflects on capturing the winning moment.

Brooks disqualified from Iditarod

A three-judge panel of officials for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has voted to disqualify 15th-place finisher Ramy Brooks from Healy.

Iditarod dog death under investigation

An investigation was under way Wednesday night into the death of a dog in the team of Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race musher Ramy Brooks from Nenana.

Mackey makes history with Iditarod win

NOME - Lance Mackey lit up this historic, old gold-mining town along the Bering Sea on Tuesday as he feasted on the thrill of Iditarod victory. Punching his fists into the sky, pounding the lucky No. 13 bib on his chest, waving to a big Front Street crowd and always smiling, the Fairbanks musher bounded down Front Street behind his smartly trotting team to claim his first victory in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Mushing's 1st family Mackeys pile on the victories

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Mushing's 1st family Mackeys pile on the victories

The Mackey clan might only have won three championships in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, but they have way more than their share of firsts.

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Gebhardt chases Mackey to Nome; four rest in White Mountain

With Lance Mackey leading Paul Gebhardt on the final 77-mile stretch to Front Street, four other mushers have checked into the White Mountain checkpoint for a mandatory eight-hour rest before taking up the chase.

Heading for a magical end

The dog team of Fairbanks musher Lance Mackey was rolling toward Nome on Monday and a place in the history of Alaska sled-dog lore that could put the driver right up there with the likes of Leonhard Seppala, Scotty Allan and Iron Man Johnson.

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Lance Mackey starts drive for finish line in Nome

Behind 13 tough dogs, many running their second 1,000-mile race in a month, Lance Mackey of Fairbanks drove his team out over the Norton Sound sea ice before dawn on Monday, less than 175 miles from history.

The pain can wait until Nome

Using a wooden handrail to support his battered and probably broken left leg, Iditarod musher Bryan Mills carefully made his way down a flight of stairs to tend to his laundry, then his dogs. A veteran of two previous Iditarods, Mills instead pressed on. He appears determined to finish what he started Saturday in Anchorage and get his dogs to the burled arch marking the finish line of the 1,100-mile race to Nome.

New gang of four leads the race

A Gang of Four was leading the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race up the windy and frozen Yukon River on Saturday, but it wasn't The Gang of Four that became the focus of so much pre-race attention in Anchorage a week ago.

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Wisconsin musher reunited with lost team

A search team of local snowmachiners scrambled late Thursday night and helped Wisconsin musher Matt Rossi find his missing dog team. The 49-year-old rookie lost his 15-dog team just after sunset. But with the help of speedy snowmachines, he found the team sleeping four miles off course on the Big River

Iditarod Airforce finds missing musher safe, far off trail

A pilot with the volunteer Iditarod Airforce located missing Iditarod musher Deborah Bicknell about 18 miles from the Rohn checkpoint at the foot of the Alaska Range Thursday afternoon, ending a search by aircraft and snowmachines.

Trail takes a heavy toll

All is quiet in the dog lot along the bank of the South Fork Kuskokwim River on Wednesday afternoon as mushers in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race entertain the locals with dog chores.

Mackey, Gebhardt smell the gold

On a lonely stretch of trail that crosses through Beaver Mountain Pass and drops down across Windy Creek, two veteran mushers were dueling it out for Iditarod gold Wednesday night.

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Steer into Ophir first

Young Zach Steer led a pair of Iditarod mushers with eight championships between them into the ghost town of Ophir early Wednesday morning.

With markers missing, Iditarod racers navigate in packs

Only three days into the race, the Iditarod dream has been turning into a hellish nightmare shared by many teams. Of 82 race starters, 10 are already out.

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Brutal weather pounds mushers at Rainy Pass

Checkers at Puntilla Lake at the entrance to Rainy Pass warned mushers that it was blowing so hard out on the long, treeless plain that starts the climb to the pass that the trail markers had blown away.

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Buser takes early lead Monday morning

Martin Buser started off early before being overtaken by Lance Mackey.

Frozen farewell

WILLOW -- Saturday was all about the pomp and circumstance of a parade. Sunday was about the reality of an 1,100-mile race to Nome.

Iditarod begins for real Sunday

Saturday was all about the pomp and circumstance of a parade. Sunday was all about the reality of an 1,100-mile race to Nome. The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race began in earnest Sunday with the race restart on frozen-over Willow Lake.

Swenson won't act his age

From the outside looking in, these are not good times to be Rick Swenson.

Iditarod loss hurts city's businesses but not pride

Wasilla on Sunday lost its fifth straight bid to host the restart of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

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Iditarod restart moved to Willow for fifth straight year

For the fifth straight year, the restart of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race will not be held in Wasilla, dubbed Home of the Iditarod.