Cathy Byars, left, and Deborah Dixon, right, make their way across the frozen Norton Sound off the coast of Nome on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 in Nome, Alaska. Byars and Dixon were visiting Nome with their friends, Melody and Arne Hatch, to cheer on Travis Beals at the finish of the Iditarod. ERIN CORNELIUSSEN/NEWS-MINER