The tracker is showing Brent has a 20 mile lead over Allen and Hugh at about the 400-mile marker. The current temperature in Dawson is -40° which is the same for Fahrenheit or Centigrade with a warming trend forecast.

Update at 4:14PM CST: The tracker seems to show Jeff King headed back to Pelly Crossing, which would indicate he intends to scratch. He spent a lot of time at the rest stop, and may have concerns about his team and the long run to Dawson.

Update: Jeff did scratch. Jason Campeau (24)^R will have to spend an extra 8 hours in Dawson as a penalty for replacing a busted sled. The Quest has a one sled rule.

The Current Standings at 11:40PM CST (9:40PM PST):

At Dawson
1 Brent Sass (2)
2 Allen Moore (1)
Beyond Pelly Crossing
3 Hugh Neff (26)
4 Joar Leifseth Ulsom (18)
5 Cody Strathe (4)
6 Ray Redington Jr (19)^R
7 Ed Hopkins (20)
8 Lance Mackey (8)
9 Rolland Trowbridge (13)^R
10 Normand Casavant (3)
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Michelle never gave up her lead, having the faster team this year, and arrived about two hours ahead of Aliy.

The extreme cold is having an effect on teams and mushers. I did Arctic survival at -45°F and the world just gets strange. Things, like tires, that normally bounce, shatter. Human hair will break. Things just get strange and the dogs definitely don’t like it.

Two teams are now not being reported on, Olaf Thurau (56) and Gaetan Pierrard (64), with no indication as to what happened to them. I assume they scratched, but no one has officially said so.

The last two teams on the course are moving together back towards Pelly Crossing.

The Current Standings at 9:00PM CST (7:00PM PST):

Finished
1 Michelle Phillips (54)
2 Aliy Zirkle (55)
3 Alex Serdjukov (68)
4 Martine Le Levier (53)
5 Claudia Wickert (60)
6 Timofei Gynuntegin (51)
7 Kim Franklin (59)
Beyond Pelly Crossing
8 Alexandra Rochat (62)
9 Peter Reuter (65)