The leaders in the 2010 Iditarod, Lance Mackey, Jeff King, Hugh Neff, and Hans Gatt, have all reached Unalakleet, on the Bering Sea. The remainder of the race takes place along the shores of the sea to Nome. The next two, Mitch Seavey and John Baker, are twenty miles behind, not a great distance in a thousand mile race but an enormous distance when those ahead of you are competitors of the caliber of the leaders.
The picture above is of competitor Colleen Robertia passing the dog team snow sculpture that the children of the Takotna School have built along the trail for the last several years.
