Photos: Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska 2012

Posted Mar 04, 2012

By ctansey

NOME, Alaska (AP) — Mushers always pose with their lead dogs under the burled arch in Nome, Alaska, after winning the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
When Dallas Seavey won Tuesday, he posed with Diesel and Guiness, but he could have used a little more podium space.
“I had five lead dogs on this team, and I had to have every single one of them to do their parts of the race,” Seavey said shortly after becoming the youngest musher to win the race in its 40-year history.
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Dallas Seavey holds his leaders, Diesel, left, and Guiness after he 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. (AP Photo/Marc Lester, 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. (AP Photo/Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News )
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Aliy Zirkle leaves the White Mountain, Alaska, checkpoint during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Zirkle, currently running second, trails leader Dallas Seavey. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Marc Lester)
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Aliy Zirkle, left, gets a hug from Dallas Seavey at the finish line of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Nome, Alaska, on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Seavey won the race and Zirkle placed second. (AP Photo/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. (AP Photo/Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News)
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Aliy Zirkle leaves White Mountain, Alaska, in second place during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Marc Lester)
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In this photo taken Monday March 12, 2012, Greg Badeaux of Lafayette, La., completes the finishing touches to the winner's chute at the finish line of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Nome, Alaska. The winner is expected arrive possibly sometime on Tuesday in the old gold rush town. The 1,000-mile trek through frozen wilderness began March 4 with 66 teams, and now 57 remain. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
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Aliy Zirkle, of Two Rivers, Ak., drives her dogs during the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Saturday, March 3, 2012 in Archorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen)
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Mike Santos gives a fan a high-five during the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Saturday, March 3, 2012, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Marc Lester)
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Two-year-old Skylar Dupuis, from Eagle River, Alaska, watches the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Saturday, March 3, 2012 in Archorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen)
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Martin Buser and his wife Kathy Chapoton ride the sled with Iditarider Eileen Stein, from Maryland, in the basket as they round the Cordova corner during the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Saturday, March 3, 2012 in Archorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen)
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Mike Williams Sr., left, sends his son, Mike Williams Jr., down the trail during the official start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Sunday, March 4, 2012, in Willow, Alaska. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)
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Lance Mackey walks over to embrace DeeDee Jonrowe during the official start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Sunday, March 4, 2012, in Willow, Alaska. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)
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A sled dog barks near its team as mushers prepare to leave during the official start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Sunday, March 4, 2012, in Willow, Alaska. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)
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Ryan Redington takes the trail as the last musher to leave during the official start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Sunday, March 4, 2012, in Willow, Alaska. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)
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Joanna Matos, of Seal Beach, Calif., watches the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Saturday, March 3, 2012, in Archorage, Ak. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen)
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Ray Redington, Jr.'s dogs round a corner during the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Saturday, March 3, 2012 in Archorage, Ak. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen)
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Jake Berkowitz makes his way through the trail during the official start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Sunday, March 4, 2012, in Willow, Alaska. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)
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Kristy Berington greets fans as she makes her way through the trail during the official start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Sunday, March 4, 2012, in Willow, Alaska. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)
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Peter Kaiser poses for photos before the official start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Sunday, March 4, 2012, in Willow, Alaska. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)
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Two mushers talk on the trail across the Farewell Burn during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, in Nikolai, Alaska. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Marc Lester)
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DeeDee Jonrowe leaves the checkpoint in Nikolai, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, March 6, 2012.(AP Photo/Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News)
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Aliy Zirkle leads her dogs from the Nikolai checkpoint during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, in Nikolai, Alaska. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Marc Lester)
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Toby, a leader for Nicolas Petit, rests in the straw during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, in Nikolai, Alaska. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Marc Lester)
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Four-time Iditarod champion Martin Buser prepares his team to leave the checkpoint in Nikolai, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, March 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News)
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Musher Bill Pinkham collects hot water during his stop in Takotna, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday night, March 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Marc Lester )
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Pat Moon and his team travel the Kuskokwim River toward McGrath, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday, March 7, 2012.(AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Marc Lester)
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Kristy Berington scoops hot water for herself and her twin sister Anna, left, in Takotna, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday, March 7, 2012. The sisters have traveled together for much of the race. "I don't think anyone's having as much fun as we are," Anna said. (AP Photo/Marc Lester / Anchorage Daily News )
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In this Sunday, March 4, 2012, photo, 23-year-old Josh Cadzow, right, and a dog handler carry a crate at the official start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Willow, Alaska. When he was a boy growing up in the village of Fort Yukon, race rookie Cadzow rooted for Alaska native John Baker to win the race. But now that Cadzow is grown and Baker, an Inupiat Eskimo, has won, it is time for the slightly built, 23-year-old Athabaskan to pull for another Alaska Native to win the Iditarod — namely himself. (AP Photo/Mary Pemberton)
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Wolvie and Roscoe stir as Karen Ramstead prepares to feed them in Nikolai, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 .(AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Marc Lester)
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Scott Janssen puts down straw for his team in Nikolai, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday night, March 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Marc Lester)