Richie Diehl eats lunch with his Iditarider Michael Thursday. Michael is a Make A Wish child who’s wish was to mush with Richie Diehl.

The annual musher’s toast was held Thursday at the Lakefront Hotel.

Photographer Jeff Schultz talks about a new book Icons of the Iditarod. 

Rory Brickley from the Lake Front hotel tells his dog jokes. 

Race Marshal Mark Nordman explains the importance of Thursday’s mandatory musher meeting. 

The Insider’s own Greg Heister sets up the 2018 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Andrea Aufder Heyde was the first teacher on the trail. She started the program that has kept teachers coming back to the Iditarod for years. 

Jeff Deeter returns to Iditarod 46 with a young team, after taking a 10-year break from the race. 

Veteran musher Marcelle Fressineau returns for her third Iditarod.