Additional testing and review of the three deaths during this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has been conducted, but a definitive cause wasn’t identified, race officials said.

Nelson worked with the race for 38 years and played a major role in sled-dog care protocols.

Sass, a former Iditarod and Yukon Quest champion, was barred from racing in the 2024 Iditarod after multiple women accused him of sexual assault.

Rick’s father, Dick Mackey, won the race in 1978, and his brother Lance won four straight Iditarods from 2007 through 2010.

The iconic burled arch that stands over the thousand-mile sled dog race’s finish line collapsed Saturday, likely from wood rot.

The arch has become a trademark of the race, referenced in stories and broadcasts and invoked as part of the thousand-mile sled dog race’s lore.

An Iditarod email to fans suggested the race may not happen next year if its winter raffle tickets don’t sell out. A state legislative committee this week also nixed a $1.4 million Iditarod funding request.

Here’s a look at who else received honors and their share of the prize purse.

Two Rivers rookie Jeff Reid crossed the finish line early Saturday, fulfilling a longtime goal. “It’s kind of a surreal feeling, you know, actually being here,” he said.

A fan club welcomed Rookie of the Year Josi Thyr as much of the rest of the field took shape. Just a few rookie mushers remained on the trail.

After Aaron Burmeister scratched in Unalakleet, he passed the ashes of Howard Farley to 2023 champion Ryan Redington so he could complete the journey home.

This year the deaths of three dogs during the race — and five more during training — have refocused attention on the darker side of Alaska’s state sport.

The 2024 race marks the first time four women have finished in the top 10: Cantwell musher Paige Drobny led the way in fifth place, followed by Mille Porsild, Amanda Otto and Jessie Royer.

Arriving at all hours of the day and night, competitors mushed down Front Street in Nome as spectators cheered them on.

Troopers said they identified a person of interest in the incident, which involved musher Bailey Vitello’s team. The Iditarod said the snowmachine made “contact” with a dog but it wasn’t injured by race standards.

To earn a sixth championship, “this one was supposed to be hard. It had to be special. It had to be more than just the normal Iditarod — and for me, it was,” Seavey said.

A 3-year-old male on rookie Calvin Daugherty’s team “collapsed on the trail roughly 10 miles before reaching the Shaktoolik checkpoint,” according to Iditarod officials.

Seavey and his team of 10 dogs took off from White Mountain just before 8 a.m. with 77 miles between them and the finish line in Nome.