Who will make it to Nome first? How many others will make it to Nome, period?! What a race! 19 have already scratched. Others are driving with broken leg, broken nose!! It looks like four-time winners Jeff King and Martin Buser are in a tight contest on the windy Yukon River. This part of the trail is tough for dogs and mushers due to high winds, and lack of sleep for the driver.
I am including a link to the Nome webcam here - http://home.gci.net/~cityofnome/704x480.html. Right now the camera is aimed with a view out to Norton Sound. Sometime today, they will turn the camera to give us a view of the finish line, the "burled arch." The camera is suppose to refresh every minute. Sometimes, if we are lucky, we can catch a team cruising in for the finish.
Here is a photo of the truck that the 1st place winner will receive, along with a pile of money. The 2-30th place finishers receive money also, in decreasing amounts. Winners 31st to last place will each get $1049 (to help with expenses of getting home!)
Way back on March 3, a lantern was lit in Nome when the Ceremonial Start began in Anchorage. The people of Nome hang it up on the burled archway, and it stays lit until the last musher comes into town. That last team receives the Red Lantern Award (see photo.)
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