Kaltag News

Paul Gebhardt tilts his dog sled onto one runner as he makes a road crossing at Fort Davis near Nome, Alaska, during the finish of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday morning, March 13, 2013.

Matt Failor left Anchorage, Alaska, more than a week ago to the sound of screaming crowds, sunny skies and relatively warm temperatures.

Teams now head onto the frozen Bering Sea coastline and north toward the finish line in Nome about 240 miles away.

Four-time Iditarod champion Martin Buser arrives first at the Yukon River in Anvik, Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, early Friday, March 8, 2013.

There comes a time during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race when fatigue can turn Alaska's frozen landscape into an unlikely habitat for an elephant that really isn't there.