March 13 - 6:17 p.m.
Leaders under 200 miles to Nome
Brent Sass is approaching Koyuk, only two miles away after traversing the sometimes dangerous sea ice of the Norton Sound. Second place musher Dallas Seavey is maintaining pace just 20 miles behind Sass as the pair prepare for the home stretch of the Iditarod along the southern edge of the Seward Peninsula, according to the Iditarod GPS tracker. Sass left Shaktoolik less than two hours ahead of Seavey. Sass left the Shaktoolik checkpoint at 9:18 a.m. and Seavey was right behind him, leaving at 11:04 a.m. for the Norton Bay sea ice.
“It’s not really that cold, to be honest with you. I mean it’s windy, but it’s not really that cold,” Sass told Iditarod.com on the Norton Bay ice.
The three mushers chasing Sass and Seavey are out of Unalakleet and headed for Shaktoolik, led by Aaron Burmeister with eight dogs. Richie Diehl is just three miles behind Burmeister with 11 dogs and Jessie Holmes is 12 miles behind Diehl. The mushers in places 6-13 have all arrived in Unalakleet, but have yet to leave. Sixth place musher Dan Kaduce is the only musher in the race to have all 14 dogs he started with still on his line.
Along the Yukon River, Apayauq Reitan and Yuka Honda remain in Ruby while rookie Kailyn Davis and Lisbet Norris are headed to Ruby from Cripple. Another 10 mushers have departed Kaltag for Unalakleet, six mushers remain in Nulato and seven mushers are at the Galena checkpoint.
Update: Brent Sass is already through the checkpoint at Elim. Complete standings may be found here.
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