Jessie Holmes, who rose to fame on the National Geographic reality show Life Below Zero, is now a two-time Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race winner, thanks to his performance at the 2026 race, which wrapped on Tuesday, March 17. Holmes, 43, also won the 2025 Iditarod, making him only the third competitor to ever repeat after winning it for the first time the previous year. "I've been chasing greatness ever since the last time I was here," Holmes said, according to the Associated Press. "So we're just going to keep chasing those footsteps, trying to push ourselves every day to be better.