Veteran Iditarod musher Kelley Griffin of Wasilla leaves the Athabaskan village of Nikolai, Alaska, on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Bill Roth, Anchorage Daily News)
Veteran Iditarod musher Kelley Griffin of Wasilla leaves the Athabaskan village of Nikolai, Alaska, on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Bill Roth, Anchorage Daily News)
This aerial photo shows the Iditarod Trail in Rainy Pass, Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)
Paige Drobny of Fairbanks tends to her dog team in the Athabaskan village of Nikolai, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Bill Roth, Anchorage Daily News)
Iditarod drop bags caring supplies for the mushers are lined up along the Athabaskan village of Nikolai, Alaska, on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Bill Roth, Anchorage Daily News)
Angie Taggart tends to Carmack at the Rohn checkpoint in Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)
The world's most famous sled dog race, the Iditarod, is approaching the halfway point. The race, which began Sunday, 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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