Bill Locations Trapper Creek (Wilderness Cabin) Trapper Creek (Takosha Lodge) Talkeetna (Fish Lake) Anchorage → Newark, New Jersey New York City, New York (Vincent Daniels Square) New York City (52nd Street–Lincoln Avenue Station → Willets Point–Shea Stadium Station) New York City (Flushing Meadows Park – Unisphere) Episode summary At the start of this leg, teams donned snowshoes and followed flags to Takosha Lodge in order to find their next clue. This season's final Detour was a choice between Dog Power or Horsepower. In Dog Power, teams had to ride dogsleds to their next clue. In Horsepower, teams would have had to ride snowmobiles to their next clue. Both teams chose to ride the dog sleds. In this season's final Roadblock, one team member had to strip down, plunge into the freezing waters of Fish Lake with temperatures as low as , completely submerge their heads, and then retrieve their next clue. Teams were instructed to fly to New York City. Once there, teams had to travel by taxi to Vincent Daniels Square along 51st and Roosevelt Avenue in Queens in order to find their final clue. At Vincent Daniels Square, teams had to take the 7 train from an adjacent elevated station to the Willets Point–Shea Stadium Station, and then follow the flags to the finish line at Flushing Meadows Park. Additional notes Joe & Bill had fallen so far behind the other two teams that by the time they began the leg in Alaska, Rob & Brennan and Frank & Margarita were already crossing the finish line in New York. Instead of receiving the next clue, Joe & Bill received notice that the race had ended when they opened their clue envelope at the Takosha Lodge. Reception Season 1 was not particularly a ratings success as the series premiered six days prior to the September 11 attacks, after which interest in foreign travel waned and viewership fell correspondingly. The show was further hindered by the lack of media coverage and promotion as networks focused on news stories and more patriotic programming. Additionally, the show premiered and competed in the same time slot as with NBC's short-lived Lost, another travel reality game show with a similar premise. The show did just well enough to earn a second season, which aired the following spring. Critical response Despite the lower than expected ratings, The Amazing Race 1 received positive reviews. Linda Holmes