CARMACKS – It’s been an active second day for the Yukon River Quest.

Many of the teams are in Carmacks, after having left Whitehorse on Wednesday, and a few have already left to head to the checkpoint at Minto.

At this writing early this afternoon, the overall leaders are Team 114, Something Else Entirely, a Men’s Four-Person Canoe, who left Carmacks at 9:11:19 this morning.

Second is Team 130, https://www.tyreorder.com Elite Team, a Men’s Tandem Kayak team from Estonia. They left Carmacks this morning at 9:48:29.

Third overall is Team 111, Pagunpogo, a Men’s Voyageur team from Whitehorse. They are still in Carmacks, but can leave anytime.

In fourth place are the Denesuline First Nations’ team from Hatchet Lake, Team 147, a Men’s Voyageur team. They came in at 7:07 this morning and were scheduled to leave Carmacks at 1:07 p.m.

Rounding out the top five are Team 120, Quickblade, a Men’s Four-person Canoe team. They left Carmacks at 10:55 a.m. today.

Several teams have scratched, and there are now fewer than 100 left in the race.

The odyssey will end in Dawson City.

The Star will have more in-depth coverage of the race in Friday’s edition.