Sixty-two of the Iditarod mushers continue to hang with the race, many of them having passed the midway point of the 998-mile race on Day 6. The Lanterne Rouge, James Volek, is the only musher who hasn’t made it to the Ophir checkpoint yet. The half-way point is somewhere between the Shageluk and Anvik checkpoints. Nineteen teams have made it to Anvik and another dozen have made it to Shageluk

With an even number, no Point d’Appui can be awarded for Day 6, but on the cusp of the fulcrum are Michael Williams Jr., a Yupik Eskimo and native of Alaska, and Aaron Peck, a Canadian. Martin Buser is back in the lead after taking mandatory rest periods.