| 1 | George | Koptak | Veteran musher. |
| | | | Musher - sled-dog racer |
| 2 | Dale | Schuller | One of the mushers. |
| | Comet | | Schuller's lead dog. |
| | Bill | Turner | The musher who found Koptak. |
| 3 | Alex | Jensen | State Trooper sergeant. |
| | Sally | | Alex Jensen's late fiancée. |
| | Bob | Lehrman | Helicopter pilot. |
| | Philip | Becker | State Trooper Aka: Phil. |
| | Tom | Farnell | Ham operator. |
| | Roy | Hamilton | Race checker. |
| | Ron | Cross | One of the mushers. |
| | Jessie | Arnold | One of the mushers. Jensen's love interest. |
| 4 | Virginia | Kline | One of the mushers. Aka: Ginny. |
| | Sally | | One of Kline's dogs. |
| | Bones | | One of Kline's dogs. |
| | Rambo | | One of Kline's dogs. |
| 5 | Bomber | Cranshaw | The musher who found Ginny. |
| | Susan | Pilch | One of the mushers. |
| | Matt | Holman | The race marshall. |
| 6 | Steve | Smith | The twenty-first musher. |
| | Mitsie | | Smith's smallest dog, |
| | Mike | Solomon | Athabaskan musher from Kaftag. |
| | Jake | | One of Smith's dogs. |
| | Spook | | One of Smith's dogs. |
| | | Johnson | One of the mushers. |
| | Jules | Talburgen | Swedish musher who caught Kline's dogs after her line broke. |
| | Rabbit | | One of Smith's largest dogs. |
| | Chunk | | One of Smith's dogs. |
| 7 | Bill | Pete | The musher who shot the dogs. |
| 8 | James | Ryan | Veterinarian. One of the mushers. Aka: Jim. |
| | Wilbur | Close | One of the mushers. |
| | Paul | Banks | The bearded musher with the DOG cap. |
| 9 | Harv | | One of the checkers. |
| 11 | Ben | Caswell | The trooper pilot. |
| | Tim | Martinson | One of the mushers. |
| | John | | One of the mushers. |
| | Gail | Murray | One of the mushers. |
| 12 | Joe | Redington | Veteran musher. |
| | Junkie | | Cranshaw's lead dog. |
| | Snow | | One of Cranshaw's dogs. |
| | Mary Jane | | One of Cranshaw's dogs. |
| | Stout | | One of Cranshaw's dogs. |
| | Speed | | One of Cranshaw's dogs. |
| | Brandy | | One of Cranshaw's dogs. |
| | Black Jack | | One of Cranshaw's dogs. |
| | Jose | | One of Cranshaw's dogs. |
| | Kahl ú a Lou | | One of Cranshaw's dogs. |
| 13 | | Abbott | One of the troopers. |
| | T. J. | Harvey | One of the mushers. |
| | Rick | Ellis | One of the mushers. |
| | John | Grasle | One of the mushers. |
| | Rod | Pollitt | One of the mushers. |
| 16 | Dave | | Laboratory staff. |
| | Chuck | | Laboratory staff in Ophir. |
| 17 | Emma | Holman | Matt Holman's wife. |
| | John | Murray | Gail Murray's father. |
| 18 | Jan | Thompson | Jessie's friend. |
| | Tank | | Jessie's lead dog. |
| 19 | Patty | Jakes | Ryan's partner. |
| | | Palmer | One of the troopers. |
| 20 | Jim | Miller | The guy who's feeding Cranshaw's other dogs. |
| 22 | Dean | Osmar | The only person who won the halfway silver and the the race. |
| | Emmett | Peters | One of the mushers who helped Mike train his dogs. |
| | Ruby | Fox | One of the mushers who helped Mike train his dogs. |
| 23 | Edgar | Kalland | One of the last survivors of the 1925 serum relay to Nome. |
| | Mick | Lord | Race checker and former musher. |
| | Linda | | Caswell's wife. |
| 24 | Hike | | One of Jessie's dogs. |
| | Sadie | | One of Jessie's dogs. |
| | Chops | | One of Jessie's dogs. |
| | Jon Van | Zyle | The official artist of the Iditarod for nearly thirty years. |
| 26 | Joseph | Stalin | General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. |
| 27 | Libby | Riddles | The first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. |
| | Bunker | | The one who taught Caswell to fly. |
| 28 | Ken | Carpenter | The sergeant in Detachment D, Nome Post. |
| | Hobo Jim | | A regular in the Nome Iditarod celebration. |
| | Cruiser | | One of Jessie's dogs. |
| 29 | Betsy | | One of Schuller's dogs. |
| | Pepper | | One of Schuller's dogs. |
| 30 | Red | Olson | A logger. |
| | Frank | | One of the race followers. |
| 31 | Alice | Yupanuk | Jessie's Eskimo friend. |
