Iditarod 2015 underway

ANCHORAGE — Nearly 80 mushers turned up at the ceremonial starting line of for the 2015 Iditarod.

Hailing from as far away as New Zealand and Norway and as close as Wasilla, the racers took off in two minute intervals amid the pomp and circumstance of photographers and spectators.

The restart is set for Monday in Fairbanks. In order of their bib numbers (Bib No. 1, by custom, doesn't go to a racer), here’s the roster for the 2015 Iditarod:

2 Rob Cooke, Whitehorse (Canada), rookie

3 Jessie Royer, Darby (Mont.), veteran

4 Martin Buser, Big Lake, veteran

5 Lachlan Clarke, Buena Vista (Colo.), veteran

6 Michelle Phillips, Tagish (Canada), veteran

7 Alan Eischens, Wasilla, rookie

8 Thomas Waerner, Torpa (Norway), rookie

9 Kelly Maixner, Big Lake, veteran

10 Cindy Abbott, Irvine (Calif.), rookie

11 Kristy Berington, Kasilof, veteran

12 Nicolas Petit, Girdwood, veteran

13 Jim Lanier, Chugiak, veteran

14 Gwenn Bogart, Wasilla, rookie

15 Matt Failor, Willow, veteran

16 Joar Leifseth Ulsom, Mo i Rana (Norway), veteran

17 Mark Selland, Anchorage, rookie

18 Mitch Seavey, Sterling, veteran

19 Justin Savidis, Willow, veteran

20 Scott Janssen, Anchorage, veteran

21 Curt Perano, Central Otago (New Zealand), veteran

22 Jodi Bailey, Fairbanks, veteran

23 Seth Barnes, Nenana, rookie

24 Hugh Neff, Tok, veteran

25 Marcelle Fressineau, Whitehorse (Canada), veteran

26 Nathan Schroeder, Chisholm, (Minn.), veteran

27 Linwood Fiedler, Willow, veteran

28 Paul Gebhardt, Kasilof, veteran

29 DeeDee Jonrowe, Willow, veteran

30 Lance Mackey, Fairbanks, veteran

31 Rohn Buser, Big Lake, veteran

32 Aliy Zirkle, Two Rivers, veteran

33 Yvonne Dabakk, Oslo (Norway), veteran

34 Ray Redington Jr, Wasilla, veteran

35 Ellen Halverson, Wasilla, veteran

36 Ken Anderson, Fairbanks, veteran

37 Benjamin Harper, Wasilla, rookie

38 Charley Bejna, Addison, (Ill.), veteran

39 Anna Berington, Kasilof, veteran

40 Lev Shvarts, Willow, rookie

41 Lisbet Norris, Willow, veteran

42 Richie Diehl, Aniak, veteran

43 Isabelle Travadon, Plan De la Tour (France), rookie

44 Gerald Sousa, Talkeetna, veteran

45 Jan Steves, Edmonds (Wash.), veteran

46 Dallas Seavey, Willow, veteran

47 Becca Moore, Willow, rookie

48 Bryan Bearss, Anchorage, veteran

49 Laura Allaway, Fairbanks, rookie

50 Brian Wilmshurst, Dawson City (Canada), rookie

51 Philip Walters, Eagle River, rookie

52 Rick Casillo, Willow, veteran

53 Monica Zappa, Kasilof, veteran

54 Peter Kaiser, Bethel, veteran

55 Mats Pettersson, Kiruna (Sweden), veteran

56 Travis Beals, Seward, veteran

57 Allen Moore, Two Rivers, veteran

58 Paige Drobny, Fairbanks, veteran

59 Jeff King, Denali, veteran

60 Yuka Honda, Whitehorse (Canada), rookie

61 Mike Santos, M Cantwell, veteran

62 Christine Roalofs, Anchorage , veteran

63 Aaron Burmeister, Nome, veteran

64 Cindy Gallea, Wykoff (Minn.), veteran

65 Wade Marrs, Wasilla, veteran

66 Steve Watkins, Topeka (Kansas), rookie

67 Chuck Schaeffer, Kotzebue, rookie

68 Timothy Hunt, Marquette (Mich.), veteran

69 Scott Smith, Willow, veteran

70 Jason Campeau, Rocky Mountain House (Canada), rookie

71 Brent Sass, Eureka, veteran

72 Jason Mackey, Wasilla, veteran

73 Christian Turner, Karratha (Australia), veteran

74 Katherine Keith, Kotzebue, veteran

75 Trent Herbst, Ketchum, (Idaho), veteran

76 Heidi Sutter, Chistochina, rookie

77 Alan Stevens, Big Lake, rookie

78 John Baker, Kotzebue, veteran

79 Zoya DeNure, Delta Junction, veteran