The iconic burled arch that stands over the thousand-mile sled dog race’s finish line collapsed Saturday, likely from wood rot.
In this March 16, 2015, volunteers help raise the Iditarod finishers banner at the burled arch finish line in Nome. Nome Mayor John Handeland said the arch collapsed Saturday, April 27, 2024, likely from wood rot.
“The need for a new arch has been on our radar,” race spokesperson Shannon Noonan said in an email to The Associated Press on Tuesday. The arch wasn’t always over the finish line, which had an inauspicious beginning. According to the Iditarod website, legend has it someone sprinkled Kool-Aid crystals across the ice for a finish line for the very first race in 1973. A year later, two men each held a paper plate with the words “The” on one and “End” on the other.
Olson’s original arch was damaged in 1999 when it was being moved off Front Street, where the finish line lies a half-block from the sea, after the race.A new arch was built in time for the 2000 race, but weather took its toll over the years on it, as well. It required major work in 2013.
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