...down-coated wilderness traveler. He guides his sled dogs to a halt, and as camera lights find his face, an Iditarod checkpoint volunteer asks his name. Nosko responds, eyes fixed absently. When asked if he'll be staying long, the musher...

...little banged up on the trail. He said he dislocated his shoulder when he flipped his sled on a sharp turn near the Iditarod checkpoint. He rolled on the ground to put the shoulder back in place, he said. Baker, whose best finish was fifth in...

...miles from the Nome finish line. Swingley said he's running the same schedule -- dominating the race after the Iditarod checkpoint -- that worked so well for him last year and in 1999 when he was first to Nome. A rougher trail this year, marked...