In this March 8, 2012 photo, the colorful northern lights are seen from Ruby, Alaska. Mitch Seavey is the first musher in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to reach the village of Ruby, on Friday, March 9, 2012, 480 miles from the finish line at Nome. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Marc Lester)
In this March 8, 2012 photo, the colorful northern lights are seen from Ruby, Alaska. Mitch Seavey is the first musher in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to reach the village of Ruby, on Friday, March 9, 2012, 480 miles from the finish line at Nome. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Marc Lester)
Dallas Seavey, 25, competing against both his father and grandfather, won the 40th annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Mar. 13, becoming the youngest musher crowned champion of the storied Alaska event.