Greg and Bruce Set The Scene From Iditarod.

1:38 Thursday morning and Aliy Zirkle has reached the Halfway Point of Iditarod. The GCI Dorothy G Page Halfway Award is to come.

Diehl promptly prepares his team and continues to press forward.

Kaiser suits up the team and commences the journey once again, coming out of the village of Takotna.

Apayauq rolls into the quiet village, and decides to take his twenty-four. 

The defending champion pulled out of Takotna just before 8pm with 13 dogs on the line.