FILE - In this March 17, 2000, file photo, Emmitt Peters, center, is followed by his sons Emmitt Jr., left, and Emory as he drives his team up the finish chute of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Nome, Alaska. Alaska State Troopers confirm Peters, nicknamed the "Yukon Fox," died Thursday, April 2, 2020, at his home in Ruby, Alaska. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

FILE - In this March 10, 2006, file photo, Iditarod veteran and 1975 champion Emmitt Peters, right, toasts Paul Gebhardt, of Kasilof, Alaska, for being the first musher to reach the Yukon River checkpoint of Ruby, Alaska, in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Alaska State Troopers confirmed Peters died Thursday, April 2, 2020, at his home in Ruby. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)