Seth Barnes was born in Stocton, Alabama in 1970. He has been mushing for 7 years and his first year in the Iditarod was 2015. Mr. Barnes is a veteran in the Iditarod and his fastest time is 16 days 5 hours and 21 minutes. He went to school at Mississippi State University and earned a degree in chemical engineering. He worked for private industry and the federal government but moved to Alaska in 2010 and learned to love dog mushing.