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‘Life Below Zero’ Alum Jessie Holmes Wins Iditarod Race In His Eighth Try


Jessie Holmes, who appeared on the Nat Geo series Life Below Zero, won the famed Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on March 14, 2025 in Alaska.

Jessie Holmes with his lead dogs Polar and Hercules on Friday in Nome, AKLoren Holme/Anchorage Daily News via AP Jessie Holmes, who appeared on the long-running Nat Geo series Life Below Zero that follows people living subsistence lifestyles in the most remote parts of Alaska, won the famed Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Friday. The race began March 3 in Fairbanks, and Holmes crossed the finish line today in Nome with a time of 10 days, 14 hours, 55 minutes and 41 seconds. In 2024, it won for Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program, giving DPs Michael Cheeseman and Danny Day their seventh wins for the show.

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