Lot of excitement in NOME. DALLAS SEAVEY the winner --has won 3 in a row and 4 of the last 5 races. This time his Dad was only 5 miles behind him.
Its 10 degrees in Nome during the day today and 40 degrees in Anchorage!! Some difference.
It was so sad to hear LANCE MACKEY scratched in GALENA due to personal health concerns. LANCE was diagnosed with cancer in 2001 and had radiation etc. He was back on the trail not long after and won 4 Iditarods. This time, in GALENA, he just couldn't go on. We are all very sad to hear that. We wish him all the best. His Dad, DICK MACKEY (Hanks friend) was in the first Iditarod in 1978. In 1983 his brother won then LANCE four times after that. So, we have THE MACKEY FAMILY and the SEAVEY FAMILY!! Great mushing families.

Here are some signs the children in the villages wrote for ALIY and JEFF when they had the snowmobile tragic attacks.