| Cabela’s Outfitter Award |
- $1,000 gift certificates from Cabela’s
- Presented to 2 mushers at the Anchorage banquet
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Random drawings
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Bruce Milne &
Bryan Mills
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| PenAir Spirit of Alaska |
- Original “spirit mask,” especially created for this event by Bristol Bay artist, Orville Lind, and a $500 credit on PenAir towards travel or freight shipments
- Presented at the checkpoint and again at the Nome banquet
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First to McGrath
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Martin Buser
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| GCI Dorothy G. Page Halfway Award |
- Trophy and $3,000 in gold nuggets
- Presentation made at the checkpoint and again at the Nome banquet
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First to Iditarod
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Lance Mackey
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| Millennium Hotel First Musher To The Yukon Award |
- Seven course dinner cooked on a Coleman stove by staff from the hotel and $3,500 in one dollar bills as the “after dinner mint”
- Award presented at the checkpoint and again at the Nome banquet
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First to Anvik
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Martin Buser
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| Wells Fargo Gold Coast Award |
- Trophy and $2,500 worth of gold nuggets
- Presentation made at the checkpoint and again at the Wells Fargo Awards Banquet in Nome
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First to Unalakleet
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Jeff King
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| Anchorage Chrysler Dodge Official Truck Award |
- 2007 Dodge Ram Laramie “HEMI” 4 x 4 quad cab pick upValued at $40,980
- Presentation made at finish line and again at the Nome banquet
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First to Nome
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Lance Mackey
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| Wells Fargo Winners Check |
- $69,000
- Awarded at the finish line and again at the Wells Fargo Awards Banquet in Nome
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First to Nome
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Lance Mackey
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| Alaska Airlines Leonhard Seppala Humanitarian Award |
- Based on specific criteria to determine who has best demonstrated outstanding dog care throughout the race while remaining competitive (top 20)
- Lead crystal cup on an illuminated wooden base and two free round trip tickets to anywhere on the Alaska Airlines system
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Veterinary Staff
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Ed Iten
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| Chevron Most Inspirational Musher Award |
- Engraved crystal bowl and Chevron fuel cards valued at $1,000
- Presented at the Nome banquet
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IOFC Vote
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Lance Mackey
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| Fred Meyer Sportsmanship Award |
- Trophy and a $500 gift certificate to be used at any Fred Meyer store
- Presented at the Nome banquet
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IOFC Vote
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Tollef Monson
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| GIT Satellite Communications Most Improved Musher Award |
- Satellite phone, SIM card prepaid for six months with 200 minutes of air time, and an engraved trophy
- Presented at the Nome banquet
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Mathematical Computation
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Tollef Monson
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| Nome Kennel Club Fastest Time From Safety To Nome |
- Winner must be in the top 20
- $500 check
- Presented at the Nome banquet
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Mathematical Computation
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Cim Smyth
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| Rookie of the Year |
- Trophy and check for $1,500
- Presented at the Nome banquet by Jerry & Clara Austin
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Mathematical Computation
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Sigrid Ekran
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| Lolly Medley Golden Harness Award |
- Embroidered gold colored harness for the most outstanding lead dog
- Presented at the Nome banquet
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IOFC Vote
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Larry, Lance Mackey’s Lead Dog
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| Golden Clipboard Award |
- Plaque
- Presented at the Nome banquet
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IOFC Vote
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Eagle Island
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| Golden Stethoscope Award |
- Plaque for the veterinarian deemed most helpful on the trail
- Presented at the Nome banquet
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IOFC Vote
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Mike Gascoigne
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| Northern Air Cargo Herbie Nayokpuk Memorial Award
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- Musher who best epitomizes Herbie Nayokpuk’s spirit of mushing the Iditarod
- Recipient to be determined by a vote of the checkers along the coast which incorporate the Bering Straits Native Corporation, the region in which Herbie lived, to include checkpoints from Unalakleet to Nome
- Baleen dog team on a granite base with granite background
- Presented at the Nome Banquet
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Checkers Vote
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Louis Nelson, Sr.
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| Wells Fargo Red Lantern Award |
- Trophy made from a red lantern
- Presentation made on the street as the musher comes to the finish line and again at the Wells Fargo Red Lantern Banquet
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Last to Nome
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Ellen Halverson
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