53-year-old Mitch Seavey wins the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race

The 53-year-old former champ takes first in the Iditarod, becoming the oldest winner of 1,000-mile sled dog race.

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March 12, 2013

Mitch Seavey became the oldest winner and a two-time Iditarod champion when he drove his dog team under the burled arch in Nome, Alaska.

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March 12, 2013

Aliy Zirkle finished second in the Iditarod for the second consecutive year when her dog team crossed under the burled arch in Nome.

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March 12, 2013

Lead dog Tanner brings Mitch Seavey's dog team into the finish chute and under the burled arch in Nome.

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March 12, 2013

Mitch Seavey drives his dog team toward Nome after leaving the White Mountain checkpoint during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

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March 12, 2013

Aliy Zirkle drives her dog team toward the burled arch in Nome.

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March 12, 2013

Aliy Zirkle puts booties on her dogs before leaving White Mountain.

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March 11, 2013

Volunteers hang a banner above the burled arch that serves as the finish line for the 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Nome.

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March 11, 2013

Aliy Zirkle jumps over some overflow to tend to her dog team shortly after leaving Koyuk, Alaska.

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March 11, 2013

Musher DeeDee Jonrowe arrives in Koyuk during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

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March 10, 2013

Musher Mitch Seavey arrives at the Unalakleet, Alaska, checkpoint.

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March 9, 2013

Four-time Iditarod champion Martin Buser stops to give snacks to his dogs on the Yukon River, about five miles outside the Kaltag, Alaska, checkpoint.

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March 3, 2013

Linwood Fiedler’s team charges down the trail during the start of the competitive portion of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Willow, Alaska.

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March 3, 2013

Gerald Sousa’s team charges down the trail at the start of the Iditarod in Willow.

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March 3, 2013

Cim Smyth’s team races down the trail at the start of the Iditarod in Willow.

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March 3, 2013

Four-time Iditarod champion Jeff King greets fans as his team charges down the trail at the start of the Iditarod in Willow.

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March 3, 2013

Longtime Iditarod musher DeeDee Jonrowe heads down the trail at the start of the dog sled race in Willow.

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March 3, 2013

Aliy Zirkle leaves the gate at the start of the Iditarod in Willow. Zirkle finished second place in 2012 and is considered a top contender for the 2013 race.

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March 3, 2013

Louie Ambrose’s team charges down the trail at the start of the Iditarod in Willow.

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March 3, 2013

Sixty-five teams will be making their way through punishing wilderness toward the finish line in Nome, on Alaska's western coast, about 1,000 miles from Willow.

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March 3, 2013

A dog from Scott Janssen’s team lies on the snow before the start of the Iditarod in Willow.

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March 3, 2013

Dallas Seavey, 25, winner of the 2012 Iditarod, prepares his team at the start of the Iditarod in Willow.

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March 3, 2013

Four-time Iditarod champion Martin Buser kisses one of his dogs before the start of the dog sled race in Willow. Buser has finished 27 Iditarod races.

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March 3, 2013

Veteran musher DeeDee Jonrowe poses with a member of her team at the ceremonial start of the Iditarod in Anchorage.

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March 3, 2013

Dogs wait to run in the Iditarod in Willow.

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March 3, 2013

Dogs wait to run in the Iditarod in Willow.

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