Credit: Inupiaq musher Ryan Redington, the grandson of the co-founder of the Iditarod, had his eyes on the finish line on Tuesday, March 14, in the 2023 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The race is now 998 miles from Willow, Alaska, to Nome. This March 16, 2015 file photo shows volunteers raising the Iditarod banner at the burled arch finish line in Nome, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)