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	Iditarod Trail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		West of the Alaska Range, the trail crossed the Kuskokwim River Valley to the hills west of McGrath and entered the Innoko River mining district and the town of Ophir.
		The trail went northwest from Iditarod to the Yukon River, and then due north on the river to the village of Kaltag.
		From Unalakleet, the trail north and west around the shore of the Seward Peninsula, passing the villages of Shaktoolik, Koyuk, and Golovin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iditarod_Trail (624 words)

	Cabela's Iditarod - The Trail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The approximate distance for the 2005 trail is 1112 miles, although it is always "officially" referred to as 1049 miles in honor of Alaska, being the 49th state to enter into the Union.
		The Iditarod trail is an uninterrupted ribbon of ice and frozen ground in winter, but to navigate the trail in summer would be daunting.
		Besides the singular distinction of being the 1975 Iditarod champ, the durable Emmitt Peters, is as crafty with his words as he is with his woods and mushing skills.
	www.cabelasiditarod.com /trail.html (436 words)

	Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race - MSN Encarta
		Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, annual competition held in March, in which mushers (dogsled drivers) race teams of up to 16 dogs on a grueling course between the Alaskan cities of Anchorage and Nome.
		The Iditarod then takes racers past 26 checkpoints, over the Alaska Range, into steep-walled and narrow gorges, through alpine tundra, and onto the shores of the Bering Sea, where windchill temperatures can reach -73° C (-100° F).
		The history of the Iditarod dates from the winter of 1925, when Nome was hit by an epidemic of diphtheria, a highly contagious disease.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761568687 (1108 words)

	National Historic Iditarod Trail - Management
		As a National Historic Trail, the Iditarod is managed under the terms of a comprehensive management plan prepared by the Bureau of Land Management, the federal agency appointed coordinator for the trail.
		The Iditarod National Historic Trail is one of a number of Trails designated by Congress in recognition of their significance as scenic or historic transportation routes.
		In addition to the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, other competitive events include the Gold Rush Classic Snowmachine race (the World's longest) which is run from near Anchorage to Nome and back, and the Iditasport human endurance competition for skiers, runners, and mountain bikers.
	www.iditarodnationalhistorictrail.org /management.htm (504 words)

	Historic Iditarod Trail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Most of the trails followed major rivers, and the Yukon became a highway for almost its entire length as soon as the ice was thick enough to chase the summer steamboats to their winter moorings and provide solid footing for the dog teams.
		The 86-mile Iditarod-Anvik Trail, from Iditarod to Shageluk on the Innoko River and on to Anvik on the Yukon, was originally built to normal ARC standards but was widened to 12 feet within two years.
		The trail was a lifeline and an artery of commerce, and was woven into the fabric of daily life for those who lived and worked along its route and those who traveled it.
	sunhusky.com /trail (9358 words)

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		But Iditarod is actually the name of an Athabascan village, and the Iditarod Trail was in use long before the Klondike Gold Rush or the dog-sled race began.
		Because the Iditarod Trail was originally used in winter, its route crosses bogs, tundra, swamps, and rivers, which are easy to traverse when frozen, but often impassable in warmer months.
		And mile by mile, the Iditarod Trail reveals all that is wild and ancient in Alaska.
	www.altrec.com /features/ontheamericantrail/idit_l2.html (721 words)

	National Historic Iditarod Trail
		The Iditarod National Historic Trail (Iditarod NHT) is composed of the federally administered areas of the Gold Rush Trail network which connect Seward in southern Alaska with Nome in northwestern Alaska via the Iditarod Mining District.
		The 938-mile Trail, commonly known as the "Iditarod Trail" during the Iditarod Gold Rush of the 1910's, was formally constructed by the Alaska Road Commission under the direction of Walter L. Goodwin during 1910-11.
		The entire Trail system would be managed as a unit by a coalition of volunteer Trail organizations in partnership with the local land managers who are ultimately responsible for the various segments of the Trail.
	www.iditarodnationalhistorictrail.org (2817 words)

	Dog Owner's Guide: The Iditarod
		The new race was named the Iditarod Trail Leonhard Seppala Memorial Race to pay tribute to the prospectors who boosted frontier economy by discovering and mining the gold in them thar hills and to mushers who carried diphtheria serum to Nome in 1925 to end an epidemic among the natives in that city.
		Although the Iditarod celebrates the toughness and pioneer spirit of the mushers, the race is governed by strict rules that protect dogs, handlers, and the integrity of the race.
		In spite of the precautions and safety rules already built into the Iditarod, the race committee accepted an HSUS representative in hopes of convincing the organization that the race is safe and humane and that the dogs are as eager to participate as the mushers.
	www.canismajor.com /dog/iditarod.html (2277 words)

	Travelmaniac Iditarod Photos
		The trail they used is today known as The Iditarod Trail, one of the national historic trails designated by the Congress of the United States.
		The weather was brutal, with a merciless gale blowing and the trail hard to follow in the frozen north's winter darkness, even with his lead dog Togo at the head of the team.
		However, in 1972, the US Army reopened the trail as a winter exercise and in 1973 the decision was made to take the race the 1,000 plus miles to Nome.
	www.travelmaniac.com /iditarod/iditarace.htm (1791 words)

	CNN.com - Lack of snow forces sled dog race's detour - Feb. 12, 2003
		Iditarod Executive Director Stan Hooley shows the route of this year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
		For the first time in the history of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, officials have approved a detour because of a lack of snow on the normal route.
		Unseasonably warm temperatures have melted much of the snow that's fallen in the area, and the start of the trail is marred by bare ground and spans of open rivers.
	cnn.com /2003/US/West/02/12/iditarod.restart.ap/index.html (475 words)

	Iditarod National Historic Trail Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Iditarod National Historic Trail commemorates a 2,200 mile system of winter trails that first connected prehistoric Native Alaskan villages, later became a major route for the settlement of Gold Rush-era Alaska, and continues to play a vital role in modern-day Alaska.
		The 900 mile main route, often called the “Seward to Nome mail trail”, was served by roadhouses and shelter cabins located a convenient day’s journey apart--about 20 miles.
		Today the historic Iditarod trail system is home to three internationally famous long-distance winter races and used annually by thousands for recreation, subsistence hunting, and inter-village travel.
	www.blm.gov /ak/iditarod (206 words)

	ADN.com \| IDITAROD 33: Race Maps
		The 2005 race follows the southern route of the Iditarod Trail, which runs through the ghost-town of Iditarod into the village of Shageluk on the banks of the Yukon River.
		The official Iditarod mileage cited as 1,049 miles is symbolic; 1,000 is because the race distance always meets or exceeds that, and the 49 is to represent Alaska's position as the 49th state.
		The actual distance of the trail varies from year to year depending on where constantly shifting winter trails get put in between villages, and where the snowmachines of Iditarod trail breakers happen to wander in the vast, untracked sections of the Interior.
	www.adn.com /iditarod/guide/maps (354 words)

	Iditarod National Historic Trail History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Trails formerly used for trade and commerce by Ingalik and Tanaina Indians and Russian fur traders were improved by and for the miners.
		The Iditarod Trail was forgotten for more than forty years until the 1960s when interest in sled dog racing was renewed.
		In 1967, the first Iditarod race was staged between Knik and Big Lake on nine miles of the old Iditarod Trail.
	www.blm.gov /ak/iditarod/inht3.html (603 words)

	Alaska Iditarod Tour's photo tour of Alaska Iditarod Sled Dog Race
		The Iditarod Sled Dog Race is one of the most exciting sporting events in the world and we put you in the middle of it.
		Now in our 10th year, Alaska Iditarod Tours was the first company to offer tours of the Iditarod Race and still offers the finest tour available.
		Day Three: Today is the day clients wishing to be Iditarod Race sled dog handlers get their training and the rest of us take a tour of downtown Anchorage including the Anchorage Museum of History and Art and numerous smaller art galleries.
	www.iditarodtours.com /iditarod.htm (1010 words)

	Iditarod - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, an annual sled dog race in the Alaskan Interior and western coast.
		Iditarod Trail Invitational, an annual human powered race in the Alaskan Interior and western coast http://www.alaskaultrasport.com/iti_home_page.html.
		Iditarod, Alaska, a town in Alaska for which the trail and races are named.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iditarod (124 words)

	Iditarod National Historic Trail - Seward to Girdwood
		Trail closed to saddle/packstock from April 1 - June 30 and to motorized vehicles from May 1 - November 30.
		Much of the trail is not usable by recreationists since the Alaska Railroad and the Seward Highway were built along the historic route.
		The Old Johnson Trail in Chugach National Forest is that portion of the Iditarod National Historic Trail which can be used for outdoor recreation use.
	www.dnr.state.ak.us /parks/aktrails/ats/idita/iditarod1.htm (294 words)

	Alaska Refuges - Innoko National Wildlife Refuge
		Between 1908 and 1911, when the Alaska Road Commission was building a winter overland trail between Seward and Nome for the delivery of mail, it became clear that a branch trail to the growing support town of Iditarod and other supply towns was needed.
		This designated historic trail includes the main trail, which stretches for 938 miles, hundreds of miles of subsidiary and branch trails (and water routes); and the routes currently used in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
		Today’s Iditarod Sled Dog Race follows trails located just outside the refuge’s southern boundary (Southern Route) in odd years and outside the eastern boundary to the north (Northern Route) in even years.
	alaska.fws.gov /nwr/innoko/iditarod.htm (539 words)

	Iditarod National Millennium Trail, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		When teams were still on the trail at nightfall, roadhouses would customarily leave a lantern burning where it could be seen as far down the trail as possible to help guide the mushers.
		This was called the "widow's lamp" and remained lit until the last musher was in off the trail for the evening.
		Once a year the old trail comes alive for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race as the era of the old-time long-distance mushers is re-created, if only briefly and imperfectly.
	www.iditarodnationalmillenniumtrail.com /historydon.htm (9531 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.
		WHITE MOUNTAIN (AP) -- While the crowds in Nome cheered Martin Buser's record victory in the 30th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, another well-known and veteran musher was struggling with a sick dog and desperately trying to hang on to a top-20 finish.
		A 17-year-old from the town where the National Iditarod Historic Trail begins is using the Internet to combine dog mushing with the information age.
	www.peninsulaclarion.com /iditarod2002 (666 words)

	Iditarod Trail Kennel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This energetic dog was born on the banks of an Alaskan river on May 13, 2005, the son of Arctic and Colo, and grandson of Iditarod legend Cymba.
		Ren is a four-year-old male that was born at the Iditarod Trail Kennel.
		At four years old, Iditarod 2007 will be her first ultra-marathon race, and she will undoubtedly do the team proud.
	www.alaskanmusher.com /iditarod2007dogteam.html (1336 words)

	Alaska snowmachine tour of Iditarod Trail, Native villages, historic mining area
		Using the historic Iditarod Trail as our main route, we explore an area that encompasses hundreds of thousands of acres.
		Following in the footsteps of the miners who blazed their way into the Alaska wilderness, we'll travel along the most famous trail in Alaska, the Iditarod Trail, through traditional Athabaskan Indian villages and remote areas populated by moose, bison and wolves.
		Travel through spectacular Rainy Pass in the heart of the Alaska Range on this dynamic tour of the Iditarod Trail.
	www.iditarodtours.com /snowmachine.htm (157 words)

	Dogsled.com : Mushing news, Iditarod coverage and more... - Home
		Forty three Iditarod rookies are getting a crash course this weekend on what to expect for the 2007 Iditarod at the mandantory rookie meeting.
		This is the fourth year in a row the Iditarod has signed up more than 100 mushers.
		The Iditarod was also inducted under events as well as the first climb of Mount McKinley and Libby Riddle's win in 1986.
	www.dogsled.com (1009 words)

	On the Iditarod Trail - in Anchorage
		Burmeister, who is from Nome, was racing in his third Iditarod.
		The Anchorage leg of the race took the teams on streets from downtown to the city's trail system about a mile and a half away.
		From then on, the trail followed creeks and ran through woods -- only occasionally marred by urban touches such as tunnels under highways.
	www.alaska.net /~design/scenes/iditarod/intown.html (303 words)

	Travelmaniac Iditarod Photos and Information
		Originally, the trail served as a supply route for materials from the coastal towns of Seward and Knik to the gold fields and camps in Northwest Alaska in the early 1900's.
		The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race originated in 1973 to commemorate this life-saving trek.
		The checkpoint at the ghost town of Iditarod marks the halfway point in the race.
	www.travelmaniac.com /iditarod/iditarod.htm (871 words)

	Iditarod National Millennium Trail, Inc.
		The Iditarod Trail dates back more than 10,000 years with a history, culture, and geography that is as rich as the state from which the Trail extends, the Great One Alaska.
		The Iditarod National Historic Trail consists of 1,000 miles of primary trail with an additional 1,100 miles of inter-connective trails.
		Though the Iditarod National Historic Trail dates back more than 5 millenniums, some historians speculate the Iditarod Trail has been used for the past 15,000 years.
	www.iditarodnationalmillenniumtrail.com (349 words)

	Life on the Iditarod Trail
		The mission of The Iditarod Trail Kennel is to provide for the care, protection and support of the twenty-two dogs that live here on the historic Iditarod trail.
		Come to the Iditarod Trail Kennel and watch these athletes depart on their long marathon.
		This is where (and when) the team from the Iditarod Trail Kennel will be given a physical health inspection by a team of veterinarians.
	www.alaskanmusher.com (1544 words)

	USATODAY.com - King wins fourth Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		King won his fourth Iditarod with what he called the best sled-dog team ever, completing the annual 1,100-mile race from Anchorage to Nome in nine days, 11 hours and 11 minutes.
		King and Swingley jockeyed for the lead during the third quarter of the Iditarod, but Swingley's team faded Sunday as the two veteran mushers left the wind-whipped town of Unalakleet, the first race stop on the Bering Sea coast.
		The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race passes through 24 checkpoints in villages and wilderness cabins strung along the route.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/2006-03-15-iditarod-finale_x.htm?csp=34 (652 words)

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