Shayla's thoughts about the Alaskan Iditarod!!!!

The Iditarod is a great race that is 1150 miles long.It goes over mountains through forest and frozen rivers in freezing cold weather below zero in long hours of darkness,up steep hills and not being able to see at all.This is only possible in Alaska.Each team has 12 to 16 dogs and the race last for 10 to 17 days.Film crews and magazine writers from all over the world come to see it and write about it and film it.Many different kinds of men and women join the race for many different reasons.The race is put together mostly by volunteers.

MADISON HINEGARDNER'S IDITROD FACTS

The Alaskan Iditarod is a dog sled race that lasts 8 days and 22 hours. You have to be at least 18 to enter. The prise is over 68,000 dollars!

Vivica Iditarod

In Iditarod is a dogs sled race held every March in Alaska.The 2008 Iditarod will begin on March 1 . In this race mushers ( dogs sled drivers) force their dogs to run 1,150 miles from Anchorage to Nome in 8 to 16 days over a grueling terrain. This is the approximate distance between Los Angeles and Seattle, New York City and Miami, Chicago and Houston. Mushers press their dogs to run at ever increasing speeds, so that the dogs get little rest or sleep.

Extar Credit

The Alskan Iditarod starts the first Saturday in March every year.Temperatures at there highest are 45 degrees F, and the lowest are -60 degrees F!The in the entry fee is $1,750,and you must be 18 years old to enter.The Iditarod is the longest sled race in the world it is 1,200 miles,depending on the route taken.The first race was won by Dick Wilmarthin in just over 20 days.There has been about 142 dog deaths sence the first Iditarod.

Taijia's Extra Credit

The alaskan iditarod is something where alaskan husky dogs compete aganist aother dogs and they race to keep the dogs in great shape.Also the people who own them start to walk them then in like a few minutes later the people who runs the race will tell the owners to stop walking them and get on the back of the sled and they go to the finish line and the fastest dogs win.

what i learned about the IDITAROD

I learned that it was 1,150 miles long.And they had almost every animal on the track.

Taijia's extra

Gavin's Extra Credit

Here is a video about the beginning of the Iditarod race. I think it is very good!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1260071824382522223&ei=E5FYS5CQGojorgL5srXgCg&q=iditarod+video&client=firefox-a#

Sandra's fax on the Iditarod

You can't compare it to any other competitive event in the world! A race over 1150 miles of the roughest ,most beautiful terrain Mother Nature has to offer. She throws jagged mountain ranges, frozen river, dense forest, desolate tundra and miles of wind swept coast at the mushers and their dog teams. Add to that temperatures far below zero, winds that can cause a complete loss of visibility, the hazards of overflow ,long hours of darkness and treacherous climbs and side hills, and you have the Iditarod. A race extraordinaire, a race only possible in Alaska.
From Anchorage, in south central Alaska, to Nome on the western Bering sea coast, each team of 12 to 16 dogs and their musher cover over 1150 in 10 to 17 days.
It has been been called the " Last Great Race on Earth" and it has won world wide acclaim and interest. It is not just a dog sled race, it's a race in which unique men and women complete. Mushers enter from all walks of life. Fishermen, lawyers, doctors, miners, artists, natives, Canadians, Swiss, French and others; men and women each with their own story, each with their own reasons for going the distance.

Kendra's Iditarod

This is an original sled dog called an Alaskan Malamute. They are bred from wolves by Malamute tribe and they the earliest domesticated breeds known. Siberian Huskies were introduced in the early 20th centry and became the most popular racing breed.

Molly's Extra Credit

This is a picture of the Iditarod route.

the last racer to finish the race get a red lanturn

THE ALASKA IDITAROD

The Alaska iditarod is also known historically as the Seward-Nome. The iditarod is a race with a sled that is being pulled across Alaska,the race is 1,150 miles of some of the most beautiful yet dangerous terrain known to man the race goes across mountain vanges frozen rivers, through dense forest. the tundra and the frozen Alaska coastline. THE coolest thing about the race is you don't use any trucks, use dogs to pull the sled,that is loaded with lots of food and clothes from Anchorage to Nome, the race 10 to 17 days to compete.

Kayla's Alaskan Iditarod

The Alaskan Iditarod was a sled dog race that was also a tradition.During the winter on 1925 something occured ,a deadly out break of diptheria in nome.The out break threatend the hole population of nome.

JTs extra credit

I learned that the race starts in Willow and goes to Nome. It used to start in Wasilla but it moved because there was not enough snow.There is a north and south end. They use the north end on even years and the south end on odd years.they north end has 25 checkpoints and the south end has 26 checkpoints.The Iditarod is a tough race because the mushers and huskies get cold. The huskies have thick fur and the mushers wear many layers.

Kiliegh's Extra Credit

I learned it takes 10-17 days across Alaska in the Iditarod. It is a race over 1150 miles of the roughest, most beautiful terrain with temperatures below zero.

The Red Lantern Award is for last place and it is a signal that the last person coming.

Idiitarod Facts

This year will be the 38th race. It is scheduled to start Sat. March 7th. The fastest race was 11 days, 2 hrs., 5 minutes, and 13 secs. The slowest winning time is 20 days. It has its ceremonial in Anchorage. It starts in Anchorage and ends in Nome. In 2003 it started in Fairbanks. In 1985 Libby Riddles was the first women to win.

kayla g's post

The Iditarod Dog Sled Race
The Iditarod is a dog race that takes place every march in Alaska.It is sometimes called the "last great race".although the race is over 1,150 miles long,the race officially 1,o49 miles.The Iditarod trail goes from Anchorageto Nome.hardy sled dog pull the sled and the musher.the name for the human guiding the sled.across frozen rivers,barren tundra,and steap mountains.
the end....

Brittanys Alaskan iditarod

The Iditarod Trail soon became the major thoroughfare through Alaska for the freight mushers who occupy a special place in Alaska history.Also the Iditarod was patterned after the Alaskan sweepstakes which were races ....There were twenty serum mushers with dog teams and no dog ran over 92 miles ......The Iditarod mushers breed many dogs ,hoping to get a few who will be fast.

There are certain equipment each team must have an arctic parka,a heavy sleeping bag,an ax,snow shoes,musher food,dog food and boots for each one of the dogs feet to protect against cutting ice and hard snow packed injuries.Lance Macky was last years iditrod winner.Here are his dogs Maple,Pimp,Boycuz,Lippy,Amp,Zena,Dred,Dribble,Chucko,Lenny,Sexy,June,Big Dog,Raunchy,and,Rapper.Rapper is his favorite dog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brittanys Alaskan iditarod

The Iditarod Trail sled Dog Race first ran to Nome in 1973 after two short races on part of the iditarod trail in 1967 and 1989.The idea of having a race over the iditarod trail was conceved by the late Dorthy G.page .Page was chair of the wasilla knik centennial was working on a project to celelbrate Alaskas centennial year in 1967.Also Susan Butcher was a four time Iditarod trail sled Dog Race champion.

steven's iditarod

The Iditarod is a group of sled dogs that race throughout Alaska. Hundreds of mushers pay 1,750 dollars in entry fee it's a expensive fee but first place wins 50,000 dollars. The possibal tempature extremes are 45 to -60 degrees. The race is yet dangerous the end is a lake many dogs die then or fall and make it out.The race starts the first saturday of march every year.The race is dangerous but rewarding so would you race in the Iditarod?I would but after you learn the talk.Easy:slow down.Stay:go foward.Haw:left.Gee:right.:Woah:stop. That is sled dog talk.

E.C. Work

Susan Butcher was a four time Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion.

Jaiden's Iditarod Video

Here is a video about Siberian Huskies that participate in the Alaskan Iditarod.


http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/iditarod-siberian-huskies-the-classics.html

ABOUT THE USHERS!!!

hear is a pitcher of the usher and the dogs.







these are the most slimmest dogs in the Alaska's big race.thay way 50ponds.thay wear little shows so their feet don't get cold. thay sometimes stop in the middle of no wear so thay don't get tired.

Bethany's Iditarod EC

Here is a picture of a musher with his team of dogs.

getting ready for the iditarod

The racers must first prepare for the race.They pack gear bags with wire,tools,and nuts and bolts for sled prepares.Snaps,patches,and needle thread for harness repairs.a saw,snowshoes,and emergency food are all loaded into the sled.Also a sleeping bag,clothes,wool mitts,and an head lamp

Dalton's Iditarod Extra Credit

Check out this video about the sweaters the dogs wear to keep warm and safe.

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/iditarod-insider-doggy-sweaters.html

Breigh's Iditarod Info

The Iditarod Trail was over 1,150 miles and went over frozen rivers,dence forests,and more it holds 12-16 dogs and the only have 10-17 days to cover the 1,150 miles and it was called the "Last Great Race on Earth" and the streets were filled with people possibly 250,000.