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It's a competition that pits one dog driver, called a musher, and a team of dogs not only against other racers but against the (often cruel) forces of Â­Mother Nature. Named for a town in Alaska, the race ceremonially sets off from downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on the first Saturday in March.
Finish line. Veteran Alaska musher Dallas Seavey drives his dog team to a second consecutive victory of the Iditarod Sled Dog race at 4:13 a.m. in Nome, Alaska March 18. Seavey arrived at the Nome finish line of the 1,000-mile sled dog race after 8 days, 18 hours and 13 minutes on the trail.