After mushing more than 1000 miles through the Alaskan wilderness, the 2011 Iditarod will come down to a 77-mile dash between John Baker and Ramey Smyth. Two pair of mushers are sitting in White Mountain, waiting through the checkpoint’s mandatory eight-hour stop. Baker will lead the way to Nome, cleared to leave just after midnight Alaskan time, 51 minutes ahead of Smyth.
Iditarod 2011: Live Camera Of Finish Line In Nome
If the teams average around 6 mph, like they did coming into White Mountain, the winner will reach Nome sometime Tuesday afternoon (around 5 p.m. EDT). Which doesn’t really leave you enough time to find a way to get to the finish line and celebrate (Lance Mackey’s wife has compared the partying in Nome to Mardi Gras). Besides, with a high of 15 on Tuesday, who wants to do that?
Fortunately, there’s a live-cam of downtown Nome, allowing you to watch the finish from the comfort of your computer:
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