AAA Mar. 4, 2013 2:22 PM ET AP PHOTOS: Iditarod; 'The Last Great Race' By The Associated PressBy The Associated Press, Associated Press A dog waits to run in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Sunday, March 3, 2013, in Willow, Alaska. 65 teams will be making their way through punishing wilderness toward the finish line in Nome on Alaska's western coast 1,000 miles away. AP Photo/Rachel D'Oro Michelle Phillips leaves the starting line of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Sunday, March 3, 2013, in Willow, Alaska. Jeff King is high-fived in the start chute as he leaves the starting line for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Sunday, March 3, 2013, in Willow, Alaska. Scott Janssen is high-fived by his handlers as he leaves the starting line of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Sunday, March 3, 2013, in Willow, Alaska. Musher Anna Berington, left, pulls her dog team up to the start line as Jessie Royer, right, talks to her leaders during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Sunday, March 3, 2013, in Willow, Alaska. The world's most famous sled dog race, the Iditarod, is under way. The race, which began Sunday, consists of a grueling 1,000-mile trek through unpredictable wilderness to the old gold rush town of Nome on Alaska's western coast. Here's a collection of the latest photos from the "Last Great Race." Follow AP photographers on Twitter: http://apne.ws/XEJ4O2