Jim Lanier is $3,000 richer after his early afternoon appearance Thursday at a checkpoint that feels like exactly where it is – the middle of nowhere and the halfway point of the Itidarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The 71-year-old veteran musher claimed the halfway trophy and the gold nuggets that go with it beneath sunny blue skies and vast, sparkling fields of snow.Read more here: http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/seaveys-competing-lead-veteran-relishes-cripple-gold
