Some Iditarod traditions include the Widows Lamp, Red Lantern, and the Microchip and collar tags. The Widows Lamp is lit when the official race starts. It's lit in Nome, and hung at the finish line. Red Lantern is the award for whoever finishes last. Microchip and Collar Tags are just what it sounds like. The Iditarod is an amazing race.The Last Great Race on Earth
The person who finishes the Iditarod in last place is awarded the title "Red Lantern".
yes a guy did win the iditarod even though he was a red lantern winner.
The last finisher.
the person who came in last
the red lantern
An award called the red lantern
the history of the red lantern award is thet the last musher in iditarod to get to the finish line wins.
It goes to the last musher to cross the Iditarod finish line.
The Widows Lamp is a lamp in the Iditarod Dog Race. It is lit when all the racers start and is not extinguished until every racer has cross the finish line in Nome.
It is an award in the Iditarod made to make the person in last feel special.
Norman Vaughan,who took the red lantern in 1990 at the age of 24