Two weeks after it started, all but one of the mushers from the Iditarod have arrived in Nome. (Well, actually, 12 of the original had to"scratch" (which means, basically, they had to quit before they finished, for whatever reason - generally, it's either because of the health of their team or their own personal health.) BUT, of the remaining 54, all but one have finished. As I previously mentioned, Mitch Seavey was first to arrive (9 days, 7 hours, 39 minutes, 56 seconds), followed quickly by Aliy Zirkle (9 days, 8 hours, 3 minutes, 35 seconds. The last person to arrive gets "The Red Lantern" award, and this i
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