A musher drives a dog team towards the Koyuk checkpoint in Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Monday, March 11, 2013. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)
A musher drives a dog team towards the Koyuk checkpoint in Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Monday, March 11, 2013. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)
Cim Smyth drives his dog team towards the checkpoint in Shaktoolik checkpoint in Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Monday, March 11, 2013. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)
Aily Zirkle drives her dog team towards Elim after leaving the checkpoint at Koyuk in Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Monday, March 11, 2013. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)
Dallas Seavey beds down his dog team during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race at the Koyuk checkpoint in Alaska on Monday, March 11, 2013. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)
Aliy Zirkle puts booties on her dogs prior to leaving Koyuk on Monday, March 11, 2013, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)
The world's most famous sled dog race, the Iditarod, is approaching the finish line. The race 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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