Gatt in Dawson
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Eric Engman/News-Miner Three-time race champion Hans Gatt of Atlin, British Columbia, is surrounded by fans and media as he checks in at the Dawson City, Yukon, checkpoint during the 2006 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race on Thursday, Feb. 16. Gatt was the third musher to reach the halfway point of the 1,000 mile race between Fairbanks and Whitehorse, Yukon. Gatt was the first musher to leave the previous checkpoint in Eagle but was passed by Lance Mackey of Kasilof and William Kleedehn of Carcross, Yukon, who arrived first and second respectively.