Dallas Seavey wins his third Iditarod
Dallas Seavey arrived in Nome, Alaska on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 to win his third Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Seavey won his third Iditarod in the last four years, beating his father, Mitch, to the finish line.
Iditarod mushers began their 1,000-mile trek across Alaska along a new route Monday, March 9 after poor trail conditions forced organizers to push the race’s start north to Fairbanks. The ceremonial start remained in Anchorage and was held on Saturday, March 7.
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- Dallas Seavey poses with his lead dogs Reef, left, and Hero in Nome, Alaska on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Seavey won his third Iditarod in the last four years, beating his father, Mitch, to the finish line after racing 1,000 miles across Alaska. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes )
- Dallas Seavey, the 2015 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion, poses with his lead dogs Reef, left, and Hero in Nome, Alaska on Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Seavey won his third Iditarod in the last four years, beating his father, Mitch, to the finish line after racing 1,000 miles across Alaska. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Dallas Seavey is interviewed with his lead dogs Hero, left, and Reef in Nome, Alaska on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Seavey won his third Iditarod in the last four years, beating his father, Mitch, to the finish line after racing 1,000 miles across Alaska. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes) Dallas Seavey is interviewed with his lead dogs Hero, left, and Reef in Nome, Alaska on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Seavey won his third Iditarod in the last four years, beating his father, Mitch, to the finish line after racing 1,000 miles across Alaska. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Dallas Seavey mushes down Nome, Alaska to win his third Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Seavey won his third Iditarod in the last four years, beating his father, Mitch, to the finish line after racing 1,000 miles across Alaska. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes )
- Mitch Seavey mushes into White Mountain during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, March 17, 2015. Dallas Seavey has won his third Iditarod in the last four years, beating his father, Mitch, to the finish line in Nome early Wednesday after racing 1,000 miles across Alaska. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes )
- Dallas Seavey, who arrived first into the White Mountain, Alaska checkpoint, walks from the dog yard to the checkpoint on Tuesday, March 17, 2015 during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Seavey has won his third Iditarod in the last four years, beating his father, Mitch Seavey to the finish line in Nome early Wednesday after racing 1,000 miles across Alaska. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Dallas Seavey drives his team into Unalakleet in the Iditarod on Sunday, March 15, 2015. Aaron Burmeister, 39, was the first musher to reach Unalakleet, the first checkpoint on the Bering Sea coast. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Aaron Burmeister leaves the Unalakleet checkpoint in the Iditarod on Sunday, March 15, 2015. Burmeister was first to arrive and second to leave, after Dallas Seavey who stopped only 5 minutes. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Tok musher Hugh Neff arrives in Kaltag, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Sunday, March 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Norwegian rookie Thomas Waerner mushes on the Yukon River between Nulato and Kaltag, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Sunday, March 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Children watch Aliy Zirkle tend to her dogs shortly after she arrived at the Unalakleet checkpoint in the Iditarod on Sunday, March 15, 2015. Aaron Burmeister, 39, was the first musher to reach Unalakleet, the first checkpoint on the Bering Sea coast. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Jeff King mixes dog food in the Unalakleet checkpoint in the Iditarod on Sunday, March 15, 2015. Aaron Burmeister, 39, was the first musher to reach Unalakleet, the first checkpoint on the Bering Sea coast. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Aliy Zirkle gets fed a Starburst candy by Autumn Nanouk, 9, at the Unalakleet checkpoint in the Iditarod on Sunday, March 15, 2015. Aaron Burmeister, 39, was the first musher to reach Unalakleet, the first checkpoint on the Bering Sea coast. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Aliy Zirkle lays down straw for her dogs at the Unalakleet checkpoint in the Iditarod on Sunday, March 15, 2015. Aaron Burmeister, 39, was the first musher to reach Unalakleet, the first checkpoint on the Bering Sea coast. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Aliy Zirkle mushes into the Unalakleet checkpoint in second place in the Iditarod on Sunday, March 15, 2015. Aaron Burmeister, 39, was the first musher to reach Unalakleet, the first checkpoint on the Bering Sea coast. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Wade Marrs’ lead dog Pop, far left, curls up to keep warm at the Kaltag, Alaska, checkpoint during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Sunday, March 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Nathan Schroeder mushes into Kaltag, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Sunday, March 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Nathan Schroeder mushes on the Yukon River between Nulato and Kaltag, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Sunday, March 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Under the northern lights, Norwegian rookie Thomas Waerner prepares to leave Huslia, Alaska, for Koyukuk ,Saturday, March 14, 2015, in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- In this Friday, March 13, 2015, Jeff King leaves Huslia, Alaska, for the Koyukuk River during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders pose for a class photo at the Huslia, Alaska, checkpoint of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Friday, March 13, 2015. Huslia is a new checkpoint in the race. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- In this Friday, March 13, 2015, Mitch Seavey’s lead dogs with frosty whiskers at the Huslia, Alaska, checkpoint for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Community members cheer for Aaron Burmeister, the first Iditarod musher to arrive at the new checkpoint, on Thursday, March 12, 2015 in Huslia, Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The village has a long history as a dog racing hot spot, and was home to mushing legend George Attla. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Veterinarians examine Dallas Seavey’s dogs shortly after the team arrived in Huslia, Alaska on Thursday, March 12, 2015 during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- An Iditarod musher makes their way from Galena, Alaska to the new checkpoint of Huslia during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Thursday, March 12, 2015. A lack of snow in southcentral Alaska forced race organizers to move the race north. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Fiedler mushes past cliffs on the Yukon River outside Ruby, Alaska, on Thursday, March 12, 2015. A field of 78 mushers began the trek Monday from Fairbanks. Seventy-six teams remain in the race. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Dogs in musher Rob Cooke’s team wait for food at the Manley Hot Springs, Alaska, checkpoint during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, March 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- A dog in musher Steve Watkins’ team rests sitting up at the Tanana, Alaska, checkpoint during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Wednesday, March 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- A sign welcomes mushers to the Tanana, Alaska, checkpoint during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Wednesday, March 11, 2015. This is only the second time that the race has come through the Yukon River village, the first time being 2003. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Zoya DeNure comforts her dog as veterinarian Michael Walker examines it at the Manley Hot Springs, Alaska, checkpoint during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, March 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- A musher follows a team of dogs through the forest between Nenana and Manley Hot Springs, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, March 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Sushi, a dog in musher Brian Wilmshurst’s team, rides in the sled into the Manley Hot Springs, Alaska, checkpoint during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, March 10, 2015. Injured dogs are cared for by veterinarians at every checkpoint, and a musher can choose to drop a dog, leaving it with volunteers who will take it back to Anchorage. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- University Park sixth graders cheer on musher Kristy Berington during the start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Monday, March 9, 2015, in Fairbanks, Alaska. Iditarod mushers began their 1,000-mile trek across Alaska along a new route Monday after poor trail conditions forced organizers to push the race’s start north, bypassing a mountain range. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Jeff King arrives in Unalakleet in the Iditarod on Sunday, March 15, 2015. Aaron Burmeister, 39, was the first musher to reach Unalakleet, the first checkpoint on the Bering Sea coast. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Rohn Buser’s lead dogs charge down Broadmoor Avenue during the start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Monday, March 9, 2015, in Fairbanks, Alaska. Iditarod mushers began their 1,000-mile trek across Alaska along a new route Monday after poor trail conditions forced organizers to push the race’s start north, bypassing a mountain range.(AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Musher Scott Janssen gives high-fives to race fans during the start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Monday, March 9, 2015, in Fairbanks, Alaska. Iditarod mushers began their 1,000-mile trek across Alaska along a new route Monday after poor trail conditions forced organizers to push the race’s start north, bypassing a mountain range. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Musher Lance Mackey takes a selfie before the ceremonial start of the Iditarod sled dog race in Anchorage, Alaska, on Saturday, March 7, 2015. Mackey, a cancer survivor, is a 4-time champion. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Musher Chuck Schaeffer and his team charge down Anchorage’s 4th Avenue during the ceremonial start of the Iditarod sled sog race in Anchorage, Alaska on Saturday, March 7, 2015. A lack of snow forced race organizers to move the official start of the race to Fairbanks, but the ceremonial start remained in Anchorage. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Canadian musher Rob Cooke is the first off the line during the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Saturday, March 7, 2015, in Anchorage, Alaska. The start of competition was moved to Fairbanks because of a lack of snow in the Anchorage area. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Musher Timothy Hunt, from Marquette, MI, gives a high five to Katelynn Ford and Anthony Ford at the bottom of Cordova Hill during the ceremonial start of the 2015 Iditarod Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, AK on Saturday March 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Bob Hallinen)
- A dog in musher Ken Anderson’s team jumps in anticipation of the ceremonial start of the Iditarod sled dog race in Anchorage, Alaska, on Saturday, March 7, 2015. A lack of snow forced race organizers to move the official start of the race to Fairbanks, but the ceremonial start remained in Anchorage. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)
- Dogs in Cindy Abbott’s team poke their heads out of their trailer in the early morning hours before the start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Monday, March 9, 2015, in Fairbanks, Alaska. Iditarod mushers began their 1,000-mile trek across Alaska along a new route Monday after poor trail conditions forced organizers to push the race’s start north, bypassing a mountain range. (AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes)