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	Iditarod - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The race is the most popular sporting event in the state, and the top mushers and their teams of dogs are treated as celebrities; this popularity is credited with the resurgence of recreational mushing in the state since the 1970s.
		The route of the race was chosen to test the mettle of the sled dogs and their drivers ("mushers"), and passes through largely unpopulated tundra.
		The traditional restart location is the headquarters of the Iditarod Trail Committee, in Wasilla, but warm weather and poor trail conditions can push the restart further north to Willow Lake, and in 2003 it was bumped 300 miles (500 km) north to Fairbanks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iditarod (5733 words)

	MSN Encarta - Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
		To prepare for the race, serious Iditarod contenders train year-round, selecting and training their dogs, and developing their team’s endurance and stamina.
		The dogsledding event, which covers about 1850 km (1150 mi), is called “The Last Great Race on Earth” and demands strength, endurance, and courage from mushers and their dogs.
		During the race certain gear is required: sleeping bag, ax, snowshoes, cooker, dog booties, veterinarian notebook, and food for dogs and musher (most food is sent to checkpoints ahead of time).
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761568687 (1110 words)

	Iditarod Facts
		Dogs are monitored constantly and I stood on 4th Avenue and watched vets literally give every dog involved in the race, almost 1,300, one last, hands on check before the start of the 2000 race, ensuring their identity via a microchip.
		When race critics cite statistics, however, they chose to ignore the statistical proof of how the care of these dogs has improved, using old figures, figures calculated including deaths from a time when the race was admittedly relatively unmonitored, to back up their claims.
		Assertion: Some dogs are tethered to exercise wheels as part of their pre-race training.
	sunhusky.com /Facts (5979 words)

	Iditarod
		The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, usually called "the Iditarod", is an annual dog-sled race in Alaska, U.S., that commemorates a 1925 relay to transport anti-diphtheria serum from Anchorage, Alaska, to Nome, Alaska, to combat an outbreak of the disease.
		The trail for the race does not follow the route the vaccine took in 1925 but, instead, a trail through largely unpopulated tundra that was chosen to test the mettle of the sled dogs and their drivers.
		It is named for the ghost town of Iditarod, Alaska, it passes through, which was an Athabascan Indian village before gold was discovered nearby in 1908; a town was built there which became the center of the Iditarod Mining District in 1910, but it did not outlast the local gold-rush.
	www.theezine.net /i/iditarod.html (502 words)

	The Spokesman-Review.com
		Backen, racing in his second Iditarod, arrived first at the Nikolai checkpoint about one-third of the way into the 1,100-mile race from Anchorage to Nome.
		Nikolai, Alaska_ Norwegian Kjetil Backen took the early lead Tuesday in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, but said that was not his intention.
		Several of the race's front-runners were traveling incognito late Monday and early Tuesday, and were reportedly camped out on the trail about 10 miles outside the Nikolai checkpoint.
	www.spokesmanreview.com /allstories-news-story.asp?date=031004&ID=s1497802 (413 words)

	NATURE: Sled Dogs - Sledding Into The Wilderness
		Still, there is something about Alaska's Iditarod sled dog race that keeps competitors coming back year after year, eager to test their 16-dog teams and mushing skills against the elements and each other.
		Iditarod racers "face a tough new test at every turn in the trail," says Runyan, a dog breeder and Iditarod consultant who lives in southern New Mexico.
		In 1967, Alaskan sled dog enthusiasts decided to memorialize the event and remind people of the sled dog's proud place in Alaskan history; by 1973, it had evolved into the modern Iditarod.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/nature/sleddogs/sledding.html (757 words)

	RGJZ.htm
		The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is an annual dogsledding competition held in March of every year.
		The history of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race can date back to the winter of 1925 in Nome, Alaska.
		The Iditarod is nicknamed “The Last Great Race on Earth” for its length and difficulty level.
	projectalaska.fws1.com /RGJZ.htm (1019 words)

	Kenai Peninsula Online - Iditarod03/20/01
		Lance Mackey's dream of running in the Iditarod Dog Sled Race is coming true, and at the same time, the event is fulfilling a dream of his father.
		LINCOLN, Mont. (AP) -- Three-time champion Doug Swingley of Lincoln is one of three Montanans hoping to outrun Alaskan mushers in the 28th installment of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, which begins Saturday in Anchorage.
		For Gebhardt, Baker, Iditarod less than racing when friends race too
	www.peninsulaclarion.com /iditarod (667 words)

	Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race begins
		The Iditarod commemorates a dog-sled relay of diphtheria serum to Nome during a 1925 epidemic.
		It's trail savvy and tactics that will separate the elite from the also-rans - when to run the team hard and when to ease up, how far to run between rests, how long to rest, and as the race progresses, when to make the decisive move.
		Rick Mackey, the 1983 Iditarod champion, is carrying freeze-dried food and expects to camp out more this year as a way to keep away from other mushers.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/smon3.htm (717 words)

	AAA Traveler - Alaska’s interior
		Another stop on the tour is Trailbreaker Kennel, owned by four-time Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion Susan Butcher and her husband, Dave Monson, also a champion dog musher.
		Today, the Iditarod race is run over 1,150 miles from Anchorage to Nome in 10 to 17 days.
		Iditarod champion Jeff King, his wife, Donna, three daughters and 100 sled dogs make Goose Lake their home.
	www.ouraaa.com /traveler/0401/fea_rich_b.html (1342 words)

	ESPN.com: MORESPORTS - Buser, Fiedler top two mushers resting in Cripple
		Buser, the three-time Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion from Big Lake, arrived at the race's halfway mark about an hour and a half in front of Fiedler, the Willow musher finished second last year to four-time champion Doug Swingley of Lincoln, Mont.
		Barron, 52, who ran his first Iditarod in 1979 and has run every year except one, was asked how much longer he will run the 1,100 mile race from Anchorage to Nome.
		Buser, a three-time Iditarod champion, was the first musher into Cripple early Wednesday night, claiming $3,000 in gold nuggets and a trophy for being the first to the halfway point.
	espn.go.com /moresports/news/2002/0308/1347571.html (626 words)

	CNNSI.com - Winter Sports - Swingley wins third straight Iditarod dog sled race - Wednesday March 14, 2001 06:38 PM
		Two dogs died during the race, one from a rare bacterial infection and the other from fluid in the lungs.
		The race from Anchorage to Nome, first run in 1973, commemorates a 1925 lifesaving delivery of serum to diptheria-stricken Nome by sled dogs.
		More than 1,000 dogs entered this year and some had to be dropped at checkpoints and shipped home because of sore feet, wrists and shoulders.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /wintersports/news/2001/03/14/iditarod_ap (611 words)

	ABC News: Sorlie Pacing Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
		AST on Sunday with a strong lead in the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
		A necropsy determined the death Saturday was caused by gastric ulcers and anemia, said race marshal Mark Nordman.
		Also at Kaltag was 2000 runner-up Paul Gebhardt, the only competitor with a dog death in the race this year.
	abcnews.go.com /Sports/wireStory?id=577599 (385 words)

	Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
		The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is an intense 1150 mile sled dog race running from Anchorage in South Central Alaska to Nome on the Western Bering Sea.
		The first Iditarod was run in 1973 and was won by Dick Wilmarth from Red Devil, Alaska.
		The race celebrates the 1925 serum run to save the people of Nome.
	www.aliyzirkle.com /iditarod.html (131 words)

	Cabela's Iditarod - Dogs - Dogs of the Iditarod
		The biggest challenge a musher faces is slowing the dogs down to pace them over the distance of a lengthy race, he said.
		Mushers make a point of handling their pups' feet frequently, so when booties and ointment need to be applied during a race, they will not be adverse to the treatment.
		A single husky is capable of pulling a one-ton sled from a dead stop, so the weight of a musher and racing sled is like "a Boston marathoner wearing a fanny pack with lunch and a water bottle in it," he said.
	www.cabelasiditarod.com /mazour_arterburn_dogs.html (740 words)

	2005 Iditarod conclusion - Newspaper Articles of Interest (animal/pet related) from Around the World - Dog cat and pet Forum
		Sorlie is a three-time champion of Norway's premier long-distance sled dog race, the 965-kilometre Finnmarkslopet.
		Sorlie is the second Iditarod winner born outside the United States and the second person who didn't make their home in Alaska to win.
		Sorlie finished the race with eight dogs - half the number he started the race with, but the same number that took him to victory two years ago.
	www.pets.ca /forum/showthread.php?t=13172 (529 words)

	Cabela's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Coverage
		The original Trans-Alaska™ boots, which King has worn for all of his Iditarod races since 1993, including his other two championships in 1996 and 1998, have become the standard by which many other cold-weather hunting boots are based, Rogers said.
		Each piece in the Cabela's Trans-Alaska line has been specially designed for King, however each of the garments he wears during the race is sold in the Cabela's catalog.
		Second only to a good dog team is clothing that'll protect him from the deadly conditions he must endure over the course of more than a week on the trail.
	www.cabelasiditarod.com /walton_gear.html (1209 words)

	Swingley shares his Iditarod feast
		Brooks arrived with three shattered sled stanchions, broken when his sled got stuck in a deep gouge made by a snowmobile.
		Swenson, a five-time champion, "would be my pick for the competition," Swingley said.
		Brooks had another sled waiting in Unalakleet, 236 miles down the trail.
	www.freep.com /sports/outdoors/idit11_20000311.htm (279 words)

	ADN.com & ALASKA.com IDITAROD 33
		Race Route: Learn more about the race route and the communities that play host to the Iditarod -- with race maps and links to community profiles on ALASKA.com.
		Hall of Fame: The Anchorage Daily News Iditarod Hall of Fame honors the mushers and people who put the Great in the Last Great Race...
		KENAI -- There's an old saying that one person's trash is another's treasure, and that couldn't be any more true for Jon Little, a Kasilof-based musher who has competed in both the Iditarod and Yukon Quest sled dog races.
	www.adn.com /iditarod (245 words)

	Scholastic News: Norwegian Wins Iditarod Again
		By winning this year's race, Sorlie joins an elite group of mushers, becoming only the sixth person to win the Iditarod more than once.
		Check out this report from Scholastic News Online on the historic Iditarod: the race across Alaska.
		Iditarod officials rewarded Sorlie with a generous prize of $72,066 and a new truck.
	teacher.scholastic.com /scholasticnews/news/archive.asp?archive=031705 (347 words)

	Kenai Peninsula Online Sports 03/18/02
		NOME, Alaska-- Iditarod champion Martin Buser took the oath of citizenship Wednesday from a judge in a parka and a polar bear hat at the finish line of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
		One of Tim Osmar's dogs snuggles in his blanket and takes a nap during a rest from the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in the Yukon River village of Kaltag, Sunday.
		The Soldotna physician will set out from Anchorage Saturday for his second attempt at the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail.
	www.peninsulaclarion.com /iditarod2002 (687 words)

	NPR : Blind Ambition: Woman Set for Iditarod Sled Race
		The Iditarod race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska, will not be the first sled dog race for Scdoris, of Bend, Ore. At 15, she entered Wyoming’s IPSSSDR competition, the largest sled dog race not held in Alaska, and became the youngest person to have completed the nearly 500-mile race.
		Blind Ambition: Woman Set for Iditarod Sled Race
		Her father, Jerry, is a champion musher who in 2003 founded the Atta Boy 300 Oregon World Cup "Race for Vision," which promotes research in ophthalmology.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=4522230 (246 words)

	MISC-Iditarod, 2nd Writethru,.. #####..REUSE STORY ID..!!!!...####
		Defending champion Mitch Seavey of Seward arrived at Koyuk 40 minutes after Sorlie, 275 kilometres from the end of the race.
		All mushers must begin the race with at least 16 dogs and must finish with at least five.
		The stretch is among the windiest segments of the race, running mushers out onto the ice of Norton Bay.
	www.cp.org /premium/Online/Member/Sports/050315/s031509A.html (605 words)

	2X Inc. - Links & Information
		Melanie Shirilla, left, exchanges wedding vows with her fiance, four-time Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion Doug Swingley, as they are married under the Iditarod's burled arch on Front Street in Nome Sunday.
		She has been instrumental in the training of three of the Iditarod champion dog-teams and is devoted to leading their kennel to many more victories in the years to come.
		What is more, she became the first woman in the history of the race to wear the yellow jersey and she set the record for the longest stage of the race.
	www.2xinc.com /bios/shirilla.html (301 words)

	CBS News Off They Go, Into The Snowy Yonder March 9, 2004 02:50:22
		PETA says that in contrast to the lifesaving purpose of the relay in 1925, Iditarod dogs are unnecessarily subjected to cruel conditions - including running for hours with little rest, in harsh and at times dangerous weather - which in some cases can lead to death.
		The official start of the 1,100-mile race from Anchorage to Nome was moved about 25 miles north this year because of too much ice on a trail closer to Anchorage that is normally used.
		They furthermore point to the Iditarod as a way to preserve a tradition which had a historic role in the development of Alaska- one that did not begin to fade until the 1960s, with the advent of the snowmobile.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2004/03/06/entertainment/main604444.shtml (974 words)

	hurdal.com : Avis
		Because of the special day, volunteers and race fans have an unusual opportunity to meet and talk with mushers in a setting that is more about fun and less about competition.
		Bjørnar Andersen ble tidenes førstegangskjører da han i vinter deltok i hundeløpet Iditarod, og i dette programmet følger vi forberedelsene til løpet og livet sammen med hundene hjemme i Norge.
		Dagen etter, den 9 og 10, blir det foredrag i Finnmarksløpets regi i Alta. Helgen etter, 17.
	hurdal.com /124/ncms/main.php?M=avis&C=A&S=7&T=40 (2259 words)

	IdidaRide Sled Dog Tours and full-day Alaskan adventures in Seward, Alaska
		We offer summer sled dog tours at Dan's original homestead to educate the public about the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and to help defray the expenses incurred by the racing efforts.
		Here at Seavey's Iditarod Racing Team our focus is on our family, both human and canine.
		Seavey's Iditarod Racing Team: The latest on Team Seavey's racing Accomplishments.
	www.ididaride.com (329 words)

	NapaNews.com Sledding star King to race in Europe
		Jeff King, a St. Helena High School graduate and three-time Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion, is going to be in an international race in Europe starting Jan. 8.
		Goodwill was only able to pass two more cars by the end of the race.
		Goodwill overcame a 15th-place start by passing nine cars in the first six laps of the 30-lap main event for sprint cars at Chowchilla Raceway on the way to a respectable third-place finish.
	www.napanews.com /templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=523ABDFF-0A7A-4F4B-8FF1-F80166E39684 (623 words)

	BostonHerald.com - Other Sports News: Sorlie keeps lead as he heads for Nome
		Norwegian musher and Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion Robert Sorlie drives his dog team up a hill.
		orlie kept his lead Tuesday in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race as he entered the final stretch of the 1,100-mile race.
		Sorlie, the 2003 champion, was the first musher to leave the Elim checkpoint, 123 miles from the finish.
	sports.bostonherald.com /otherSports/view.bg?articleid=73463 (226 words)

	Bitnile Bittorrent Share Philosophy - Calm before the storm
		NEXT >>Three-time Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion Jeff King of Denali Park, Alaska, waves as he drives his dog team down 4th Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska, Saturday.
		Yet there he was at the festive, ceremonial start of the 33rd Iditarod, happily signing autographs - he's left-handed - and posing for photographs with fans on a crisp, sunny morning before setting off on a journey to Nome that is perilous even for mushers in the best of health.
		The race really gets going Sunday with a restart from Willow, 112 kilometres north of the city.
	www.bitnile.com /article27743.html (355 words)

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