the world famous, 1,000 mile journey across alaska kicked off on monday in fairbanks it usually starts 225 miles south in willow, but poor conditions this year led organizers to reroute the trail around a mountain range aaron burmeister reclaimed the lead of the iditarod on saturday after leaving the checkpoint at nulato ahead of jeff king burmeister hasn't taken his mandatory eight hour layover yet in the rice king has scroll down for video  stunning view: under the northern lights, norwegian rookie thomas waerner prepares to leave huslia, alaska, for koyukuk on saturday, march 14, 2015, in the iditarod trail sled dog race  in the race: iditarod musher matt failor massages a sore ankle on one of his dogs in the ruby, alaska, checkpoint on thursday, march 12  preparing to run: iditarod musher ken anderson rubs ointment into the paws of one of his dogs at the ruby, alaska checkpoint on wednesday, march 11  aliy zirkle and her enthusiastic team arrive at the huslia, alaska, checkpoint for the iditarod trail sled dog race on friday march 18  snow in their eyes; mitch seavey's lead dogs with frosty whiskers at the huslia, alaska, checkpoint for the iditarod trail sled dog race  the musher's kennel and breeding program has spent 17 years building an iditarod team the 39 year old is the son of iditarod veteran richard burmeister king, 59, is a four time iditarod winner he has been mushing since 1976 after he heard jerry riley's race finish while listening to the radio aliy zirkle has also checked in at nulato, a village of 246 people who rely on a trapping and subsistence lifestyle zirkle is trying for her first win after finishing second in the last three years if the 45 year old pulls in to the finish line at nome first, she would be the first female iditarod winner since 1990 when the late susan butcher finished first need enough snow: a lack of snow in south central alaska forced race organizers to move the race north where there is more appropriate terrain for the race  under the northern lights, ray redington jr arrives in huslia, alaska, saturday, march 14, 2015, in the iditarod trail sled dog race (ap photo/alaska dispatch news, loren holmes) into the night: jeff king leaves huslia, alaska, for the koyukuk river in the iditarod trail sled dog race on friday march 13  first musher: iditarod musher aaron burmeister was the first musher to arrive at the huslia, alaska checkpoint on thursday, march 12, 2015 during the iditarod trail sled dog race  showing support: geir iver vikholt puts up a large banner cheering on the norwegian mushers at the huslia, alaska, checkpoint for the iditarod trail sled dog race on friday  nulato is 346 miles from the finish line at nome rounding out the top five are jessie royer and dallas seavey, who have both left koyukuk for nulato two mushers scratched on saturday gerald sousa dropped out at galena and christine roalofs left in ruby both cited the best interests of their teams the race started on monday with 78 mushers in fairbanks four mushers have scratched and one has been disqualified two dogs have died, including a dog on four time champion lance mackey's team paw rash: norwegian rookie thomas waerner rubs diaper rash cream in his dogs' feet at the huslia, alaska, checkpoint on friday, march 13  shedding some light: norwegian musher thomas waerner talks at the ruby, alaska checkpoint during the iditarod trail sled dog race on wednesday, march 11  checkpoint: iditarod musher jeff king, from denali, alaska, mushes between the checkpoints of white mountain and safety, the last checkpoint before the finish line in nome  meeting fans: dallas seavey signs autographs at the huslia, alaska, checkpoint of the iditarod trail sled dog race on friday march 13  hooray!: community members cheer for aaron burmeister, the first iditarod musher to arrive at the new checkpoint, on thursday, march 12, 2015 in huslia, alaska during the iditarod trail sled dog race 
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