Eye on the Trail: Mackey Brothers
Twenty-Two seconds separated the Mackey brothers as they arrived in Nome this morning. Their race was far from what they expected when they departed Fairbanks.
Twenty-Two seconds separated the Mackey brothers as they arrived in Nome this morning. Their race was far from what they expected when they departed Fairbanks.

Shortly after 13:00 the first musher, Laura Allaway of the Women’s quartet reached the burled arch in Nome. Laura was followed closely by Monica Zappa.
MIke Santos from Cantwell, Alacka arrived in Nome just after 0500 Saturday morning. His wife Caitlin and one-year-old some Max were waiting at the arch.

Who would think there’d be a traffic jam in Nome. Front Street doesn’t even have a traffic light and if there was one, the dog
Mike was greeted by his wife and their two year old, plus race officials and fans. Mike was asked if he’d race Iditarod again. He

The tracker foretold the story of what would happen on Front Street between race veteran Linwood Fiedler and race rookie Ben Harper. Through the satellite
11 degrees, Fiedler and Harper in the chute… a few minutes later, Allen Moore. 3 more off the trail and 20 some yet to arrive…

The skies in Nome were overcast and judging by the amount of melting on the streets it had to be a few degrees above freezing.
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