THE RACE
What makes a lone man or woman, dependent only on dogs, want to traverse frozen rivers and the winter ice of the Bering Sea, race across two mountain ranges and, ultimately, travel a thousand miles or more across the remote Alaskan wilderness?

THE MUSHERS
Mike Nosko and his wife Tracey have spent more than ten years planning and preparing for the Iditarod.

Lynda Plettner, one of nine women in this race, is back for her sixth Iditarod. Having spent the previous three years developing a new dog team.

Mike Williams, a Yup'ik Eskimo, is "The Sobriety Musher". A recovering alcoholic, Mike devotes his time on the trail to hearing stories of sobriety from locals who come out to meet him when he passes through the villages.

THE HISTORY
Intended to celebrate the heritage of a nearly lost culture, The Iditarod Sled Dog Race from Anchorage to Nome honors the spirit of the sled dog. It also commemorates the now famous 1925 Diphtheria Serum Run which called upon a relay of twenty dog teams and their mushers to bring life-saving serum to Nome.