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Dallas Seavey Takes Lead Into McGrath in 2021 Iditarod

Dallas Seavey in McGrath
Dallas Seavey in the McGrath checkpoint. Photo: Zachariah Hughes, KSKA/Alaska Public Media

Dallas Seavey is the first musher to reach McGrath. He pulled in at 4PM with a full team of fourteen dogs on the line.

Seavey’s time into McGrath is one of the quickest in the past 20 years. The earliest is Nic Petit’s arrival into McGrath at 3:17PM in 2019.

Listen to the full KNOM Iditarod Update below.

Image at top: Dallas Seavey in the McGrath checkpoint. Photo: Zachariah Hughes, KSKA/Alaska Public Media

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