March 15 2017 Morning Update

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Date: March 15, 2017 5:10 am

Hi Boys and Girls,

Mitch Seavey is the winner of the Iditarod. He arrived into Nome yesterday afternoon at 15:40 AST. He has a new record time of 8 days 3 hours 40 minutes and 13 seconds. Congratulatins to Mitch.

 

 

 

 

Four more teams have arrived into Nome. Dallas and Nicolas arrived 5minutes apart placing 2nd and 3rd. The picture on the left is from Jeff Shultz and shows Dallas and Nicolas congratulating each other at the finish line. Wade Marrs has left Safety and should be into Nome shortly. At least 7 more teams should arrive this morning. Actually there is a total of 22 teams either out of White Mountain or in White Mountain. It looks to be a busy day in Nome today!

 

 

FINISHERS-(since last post)

1 Mitch Seavey

2 Dallas Seavey

  1. Nicolas Petit
  2. Joar Leifseth Ulsom
  3. Jessie Royer

Next 5

  1. Wade Marrs out of Safety
  2. Ray Redington Jr out of White Mountain
  3. Peter Kaiser out of White Mountain
  4. Aliy Zirkle out of White Mountain
  5. Paul Gebhardt out of White Mountain

Rookie Report

Currently in the Rookie of the Year Position is Sebastian Vergnaud who is in 22nd Place. He is in White Mountain. Robert Redington is in 23rd place and is also in White Mountain. They are 16 minutes apart. Looks like there will be a race for Rookie of the year!

A check on some of the other rookies show, Nicolas Vanier in 36th place and he has left Koyuk. Laura Neese is in 43rd place and she is in Koyuk.

Red Lantern Position

Veteran Cindy Abbott has left Kaltag

Scratched

No one

Trail Tails

Photographer Mike Kenney was in Unalakleet and sent some great pics. Enjoy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weather

Unalakleet- It is -7 degrees, clear with 2 mph winds.

Shaktoolik- It is -10 degrees, clear with 11 mph winds.

Koyuk- It is -7 degrees,clear, with 6 mph winds

Elim- It is -5 degrees, clear, with 5 mph winds

White Mountain- It is -5 degrees, clear, with 15 mph winds

Nome- It is -3 degrees, clear with 4 mph winds

Question of the day

Weather is always talked about during the race. How can weather affect the teams?

There are still 61 teams out on the trail. So things are still really busy at several checkpoints. Stay tuned as we see who arrives next in Nome.

Have a great day!

See you on the trail,

Gypsy