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March 11, 2010

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March 11, 2010

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Thursday March 11 , 2010 Dan Kaduce cooks food for his dogs during his 24 hour layover in the early hours as dawn breaks at the Takotna checkpoint at 15 degrees below zero .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 Jessie Royer gets her dogs ready to leave her 24 hour layover in the early hours as dawn breaks at the Takotna checkpoint at 15 degrees below zero .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 Jessie Royer dogs wait on their straw to leave their 24 hour layover in the early hours as dawn breaks at the Takotna checkpoint at 15 degrees below zero .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 Norwegian exchange students and the official

Thursday March 11 , 2010 Ciny Gallea feeds her dogs during her 24 hour layver as dawn breaks at the Takotna checkpoint at 15 degrees below zero .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 Jessie Royer dogs Toad and Muncho are alert and ready to run as dawn breaks at the Takotna checkpoint at 15 degrees below zero .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 Dan Kaduce leaves Takotna after his 24 hour layover as dawn breaks .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 Mike Williams Jr. of Akiak runs down the road after leaving the Takotna checkpoint .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 One of the top teams crosses through spruce and swamp on the way to the Cripple checkpoint 1/2 way into the race .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 An aerial view of the Cripple checkpoint 1/2 way into the race show the tent camp and the airstrip .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 Volunteer Jim Paulis stands proudly next to his invention that has been called " The biggest dog cooker on earth " at Cripple . Typically mushers must melt snow at the Cripple checkpoint but Jim has made it his mission this year to provide water to each musher.

Thursday March 11 , 2010 The " Cripple Crew " volunteers pose for a photo outside of there " town " . Cripple is the most remote checkpoint on the Northern route where everything must be flown in to support life .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 Volunteer pilot Diana Morony ( middle ) in the cockpit with two veterinarians at the Cripple checkpoint 1/2 way into the race .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 Mitch Seavey dogs trot on the trail as he pulls into the Cripple checkpoint 1/2 way into the race .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 Mitch Seavey is at rest on his sled as he pulls into the Cripple checkpoint 1/2 way into the race .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 Veterinarian Roger Troutman examines a Hugh Neff dog at the Cripple checkpoint 1/2 way into the race .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 Iditarod Rookie Michelle Phillips at the Cripple checkpoint 1/2 way into the race .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 Lance Mackey pulls into the trees to park his team out of the slight breeze at the Cripple checkpoint 1/2 way into the race .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 Lance Mackey hauls his supplies through the deep snow at the Cripple checkpoint to his parked dog team .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 Sonny Lindner arrives at the Cripple checkpoint 1/2 way into the race .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 Checker Tyrell Seavey leads Hans Gatt to a parking spot at the Cripple checkpoint 1/2 way into the race .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 Dogs rest in the sunshine at the remote Cripple checkpoint 1/2 way into the race .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 Rick Swenson pulls into the Cripple checkpoint 1/2 way into the race .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 Jeff King on the trail heading into the Cripple checkpoint 1/2 way into the race .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 Sonny Lindner is frosted up after arriving at the Cripple checkpoint 1/2 way into the race .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 Ray Redington Jr. on the trail just before the Cripple checkpoint 1/2 way into the race .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 Race Judge John " Andy " Anderson takes a cat nap in a chair at the community center after a long night of teams leaving Takotna after their 24 hour layover .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 Volunteer Jim Gallea cooks up burgers for lunch for the volunteer crew at the Cripple checkpoint 1/2 way into the race .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 Communications volunteers Grant Jacobson ( L ) and Mike Holland in their 10 x 12' " Comm Shack/living quarters at the Cripple checkpoint 1/2 way into the race .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 Robert Nelosn ( top bunk ) and John Baker rest inside the musher sleep shack, as Martin Buser sleeps in his bag during his 24 hour layover at the Cripple checkpoint 1/2 way into the race .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 Rookie Michelle Phillips wipes some sleep from her eyes inside the 10x12 ' musher sleeping quarters at the Cripple checkpoint 1/2 way into the race .

Thursday March 11 , 2010 Volunteer John Riechart gets some gear from the volunteer sleep shack at the Cripple checkpoint 1/2 way into the race .

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