Iditarod checker Wilson Maillelle and volunteer Darren Hull put up an Iditarod banner at the checkpoint in Anvik as the Yukon RIver community anticipates the arrival of the first Iditarod mushers on Thursday, Mar. 7, 2013. The Millennium Alaskan Hotel Anchorage has flown its chef 350 miles to this remote Alaska village of 82 people to whip up a gourmet meal for the first musher to get to the first checkpoint along the 1,800-mile long Yukon River. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)
Iditarod checker Wilson Maillelle and volunteer Darren Hull put up an Iditarod banner at the checkpoint in Anvik as the Yukon RIver community anticipates the arrival of the first Iditarod mushers on Thursday, Mar. 7, 2013. The Millennium Alaskan Hotel Anchorage has flown its chef 350 miles to this remote Alaska village of 82 people to whip up a gourmet meal for the first musher to get to the first checkpoint along the 1,800-mile long Yukon River. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)
The lead group of Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race mushers rest their dog teams in a wooded area at the historic checkpoint of Iditarod, Alaska, on Thursday, March 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)
Iditarod veterinarian Mike Hicks of Cypress, Texas, and life-long Anvik, Alaska, resident Wilson Maillelle bring supplies and a few drop bags to a checkpoint as the Yukon River community anticipates the arrival of the first Iditarod mushers, Thursday, March 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)
Students at Blackwell School in Anvik, Alaska, watch an interview with Lance Mackey as the Yukon River community anticipates the arrival of the first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race mushers on Thursday, March 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race communications volunteer Darren Hull of Anchorage sets up a computer in the Anvik, Alaska, city building as the Yukon River community anticipates the arrival of the Iditarod mushers on Thursday, March 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)
The world's most famous sled dog race, the Iditarod, consists of a grueling 1,000-mile trek through unpredictable wilderness to the old gold rush town of Nome on Alaska's western coast. Whoever reaches Nome first wins a new truck and a cash prize of $50,400. The rest of the $600,000 purse will be split between the next 29 mushers to cross the finish line. The iconic race, however, seems to be about more than a monetary prize for most involved: a competition of human versus wild.
Here's a collection of the latest photos from the "Last Great Race."
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