Photo by Peggy Fagerstrom / The Associated Press
Deborah Bicknell from Juneau poses with the "Widow's Lamp" which is lit at the beginning of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and is blown out by the last musher, signifying that the race is over, on Monday, March 17, 2008, in Nome. The red lantern is a trophy presented to the last musher who finishes the race.