16-03-2017 01:56 via alaskapublic.org

Top ten mushers finish in Nome

Nicolas Petit races toward Nome in the 2017 Iditarod. (Photo: Ben Matheson, KNOM)The top ten teams have arrived in Nome, filling out the upper ranks of the 2017 Iditarod Sled Dog Race.
Winner Mitch Seavey won his third title Tuesday in a record time of eight days, three hours, and 40 minutes, slashing more than seven hours off the previous record.The Seward musher said he started the race with an aggressive schedule that his fast team eclipsed.
“So that’s pretty cool, the trail was a
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