Lance Mackey won his second consecutive Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday morning, completing the 1,100-mile journey in just under nine and a half days.

Lance Mackey on Wednesday won his second consecutive Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, completing the 1,100-mile journey across Alaska in just under nine and a half days.

Lance Mackey won his second consecutive Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday, completing the 1,100-mile journey across Alaska in just under nine and a half days.

Defending champion Lance Mackey has won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Lance Mackey is maintaining his lead as the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race nears its end.

Three volunteers working the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race are being flown to Nome for medical treatment after their small plane went down.

Victory in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is all but assured among two past winners who were waging a tight contest expected to end early Wednesday morning in this...

This old gold rush town is almost ready for the grand finale of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. About all that’s left is to see whose dogs arrive first.

Defending champion Lance Mackey beat four-time champion Jeff King out of this checkpoint Sunday night, launching the last leg of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Defending champion Lance Mackey was the first musher out of this Yukon River checkpoint Saturday in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, leaving with a team he said was...

Light snow fell Saturday as four-time champion Jeff King and all 16 of his dogs sailed into this Yukon River checkpoint as the second front-runner in the Iditarod Trail...

A dog in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race died Saturday. The 7-year-old male, named Zaster, is the first dog death in this year’s race.

Defending champion Lance Mackey and his 14 dogs coasted out of this Athabascan village late Friday afternoon, the first team in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to...

The village bell rang as defending champion Lance Mackey and his 14 dogs sailed up a snowy hill Friday morning as the first team in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to...

The village bell rang as defending champion Lance Mackey and his 14 dogs sailed up a snowy hill Friday morning as the first team in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to...

A very tired Lance Mackey was the first musher to arrive at the Ruby checkpoint of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

DeeDee Jonrowe was flabbergasted to learn she had beaten front-runner Paul Gebhardt to Cripple in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Ken Anderson’s dogs were impatient to get back to the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, baying and pawing the air during a brief stop Wednesday.

Defending champion Lance Mackey was the first musher to leave the Nikolai checkpoint Tuesday and took the lead in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Five former champions were chasing Norway’s Kjetil Backen through wet falling snow Tuesday in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.