m., eight mushers had left the remote outpost (there's just a single cabin there) within five and a half hours of the leader. Chasing Buser and Zirkle were Sterling's Mitch Seavey, who left at 6:20 a.m., followed by Montana's Jessie Royer (6:29 a.m.), Nome's Aaron Burmeister (6:44 a.m.), Big Lake's