Last year’s 3rd place finisher improved his spot to second in Iditarod 46. He pulled under the Burled Arch at 5:15 Wednesday morning with 10 dogs.

Shaktoolik went the extra mile to make the mushers of Iditarod 46 feel welcomed in their village. Insider Kevin Bodhi caught up with student Naomi Savetilik, and he found out she is on her way the Alaska State Science Fair.

Recorded at 11:30am March 9th

Aaron Burmeister takes his 24 hour stay in McGrath to rest the dogs due to the deep soft snow. 

Richie Diehl gets into the McGrath check point seconds after Peter Kaiser. He checks in and heads towards Takotna. 

Peter Kaiser rolls into McGarth to check in. He continues onto Takotna. 

Linwood Fiedler hung out in McGrath for about two minutes. He switched some dogs around on the line then headed to Takotna. 

Jessie drops a dog off in McGrath and heads for Takotna 

Aliy Zirkle wastes no time in McGrath and heads straight for Takotna