Paul Kosto is the director of the Nome Chamber of Commerce. He said, one way or another, he expects that everyone who wants to come to Nome for the race’s finish will find a place to say.

Wreckage of a crashed plane found about 34 miles southeast of Nome, Alaska, on Feb. 7, 2025. The crashed plane is believed to be a Bering Air Caravan carrying 10 people which went missing on Feb. 6.

A Bering Air Cessna 208B Grand Caravan in Nome, Alaska. CC BY-SA 4.0 VIA Quintin Soloviev The Bering plane, carrying nine passengers and one pilot, was possibly affected by adverse weather and ...