Mitch Seavey, right, 53, gets a hug and kiss from his wife, Janine, after pulling into Nome first and winning his second Iditarod sled dog race on Tuesday March 12, 2013. Seavey made the journey from Willow in 9 days, 7 hours, 39 minutes, 56 seconds.
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Mitch Seavey, right, 53, pets one of his lead dogs, Tanner, after pulling into Nome first and winning his second Iditarod sled dog race on Tuesday March 12, 2013. Seavey made the journey from Willow in 9 days, 7 hours, 39 minutes, 56 seconds.
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Mitch Seavey drives his team down Front Street in Nome first and winning his second Iditarod sled dog race on Tuesday March 12, 2013. Seavey made the journey from Willow in 9 days, 7 hours, 39 minutes, 56 seconds.
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Mitch Seavey with his lead dogs Tanner, left, and Taurus after arriving in Nome first and winning his second Iditarod sled dog race on Tuesday March 12, 2013. Seavey made the journey from Willow in 9 days, 7 hours, 39 minutes, 56 seconds.
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Aily Zirkle, left, shakes hands with Iditarod winner Mitch Seavey after she pulled into Nome minutes after him on Tuesday March 12, 2013.
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It’s 1:45 am on Wednesday in Nome. Been a long race, good times, lots of running around. Took a pile of rides on a sno-go today out of Elim and got some shots I really like. Pilot Bill Mayer picked Erin and I up in Elim and we did some aerial photos on the way over to White Mountain. Then pilot Danny Davidson took me for a ride and shot some more aerials on Golovin Bay. We left White Mountain with Danny and landed on a lagoon 35 miles from Nome and shot both Mitch Seavey and Aliy Zirkle on the ice. There were some real cool snow drifts there so I had a lot of fun being “artsy” with them. The finish was good but honestly I enjoy being out on the trail much more where there’s not so much rush-rush and things are quite a bit more calm. I’ll shoot a couple more mushers coming in and then get some sleep. Tomorrow is another day of shooting dogs and I’m looking forward to it.
