17 miles separate top 6

With half the Yukon River leg complete and less then 400 miles left in the Iditarod, race leader Lance Mackey is 17 miles past the Nulato checkpoint according to the GPS unit he has on board his sled. The GPS for Jeff King shows his team 9 miles behind Mackey. 6 more teams are resting in Nulato including Mitch Seavey, Paul Gebhardt, Rick Swenson, Hans Gatt, Kjetil Backen, and John Baker.