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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.
		Dog sledding persisted in the rural parts of Alaska, but was almost driven into extinction by the spread of snowmobiles in the 1960s.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iditarod (5733 words)

	MSN Encarta - Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
		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).
		Injured, sick, or fatigued dogs must be carried on the sled.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761568687 (1110 words)

	Iditarod Facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Anyone familiar with dogs could easily tell both the wonderful bond between Buser and his dogs and that his was a frequent event in their lives, not something staged for the benefit of the camera.
		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.
		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.
	sunhusky.com /Facts (5979 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.
		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.
		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.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/nature/sleddogs/sledding.html (757 words)

	Iditarod (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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)

	ABC News: Sorlie Leads Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Norwegian musher and Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion Robert Sorlie drives his dog team past a trail marker about 30 miles outside of Unalakleet, Alaska Sunday March 13, 2005, as he leads the 1,100-mile sled dog race.
		Defending champion Mitch Seavey of Seward arrived at Koyuk 40 minutes after Sorlie, 171 miles from the end of the race.
		Buser dropped one dog in Shaktoolik, and pushed on with nine.
	abcnews.go.com /Sports/wireStory?id=581211 (416 words)

	CBS News \| Off They Go, Into The Snowy Yonder \| March 9, 2004 02:50:22
		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.
		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.
		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)

	Iditarod (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Nenana is in gray, and the southern route of the modern race is in red (part of the National Historic Iditarod Trail.
		Anchorage of Balto, the lead sled dog during the final stretch of the serum run
		The mushers contend that the dogs "love to run", and point to the numerous rules regarding dog care, and the many veterinarians who agree with themhttp://sunhusky.com/Facts/.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/I/Iditarod.htm (5666 words)

	Cabela's Iditarod - Dogs - Dogs of the Iditarod (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sure, the musher needs the dogs to make his way across the Alaskan wilderness and could be in a world of hurt without a good team, but "the first thing is, if for no other reasonable motivation, a true affinity for the animals," King said.
		The biggest challenge a musher faces is slowing the dogs down to pace them over the distance of a lengthy race, he said.
		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)

	CNNSI.com - Winter Sports - Swingley wins third straight Iditarod dog sled race - Wednesday March 14, 2001 06:38 PM
		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.
		Two dogs died during the race, one from a rare bacterial infection and the other from fluid in the lungs.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /wintersports/news/2001/03/14/iditarod_ap (611 words)

	Kenai Peninsula Online - Iditarod03/20/01
		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.
		ANCHORAGE (AP) -- Along the Yukon River, the historic sled dog of the North is a dying breed.
		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.
	www.peninsulaclarion.com /iditarod (667 words)

	Scholastic News: Norwegian Wins Iditarod Again
		Iditarod officials rewarded Sorlie with a generous prize of $72,066 and a new truck.
		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.
		The race commemorates a group of courageous mushers and dogs.
	teacher.scholastic.com /scholasticnews/news/archive.asp?archive=031705 (347 words)

	Cabela's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Coverage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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.
		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.
		Because each musher is also required to carry a set of snowshoes on his sled for use in case of emergency, the Cabela's design team also developed a set of lightweight, highly portable snowshoes for King's use.
	www.cabelasiditarod.com /walton_gear.html (1209 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)

	2X Inc. - Links & Information
		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.
		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.
		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.
	www.2xinc.com /bios/shirilla.html (301 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.
		McGRATH (AP) -- When her dog team came to an abrupt halt Tuesday afternoon in the Farewell Burn, musher Aliy Zirkle found herself eyeball to eyeball with brown death -- a gigantic and disturbed bison blocking the trail with its calf only yards away.
	www.peninsulaclarion.com /iditarod2002 (687 words)

	Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race begins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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.
		The Iditarod commemorates a dog-sled relay of diphtheria serum to Nome during a 1925 epidemic.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/smon3.htm (717 words)

	hurdal.com : Avis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Dagen etter, den 9 og 10, blir det foredrag i Finnmarksløpets regi i Alta. Helgen etter, 17.
		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.
	hurdal.com /124/ncms/main.php?M=avis&C=A&S=7&T=40 (2259 words)

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		The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is an annual dogsledding competition held in March of every year.
		To prevent injuries on the dogs’ feet, which is very common because of the snow and ice, mushers treat the dogs’ feet with medication and protect them with fabric booties.
		The history of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race can date back to the winter of 1925 in Nome, Alaska.
	projectalaska.fws1.com /RGJZ.htm (1019 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.
		Brooks had another sled waiting in Unalakleet, 236 miles down the trail.
		Swenson, a five-time champion, "would be my pick for the competition," Swingley said.
	www.freep.com /sports/outdoors/idit11_20000311.htm (279 words)

	ABC News: Sorlie Pacing Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		AST on Sunday with a strong lead in the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
		Also at Kaltag was 2000 runner-up Paul Gebhardt, the only competitor with a dog death in the race this year.
		A necropsy determined the death Saturday was caused by gastric ulcers and anemia, said race marshal Mark Nordman.
	abcnews.go.com /Sports/wireStory?id=577599 (385 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.
		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.
		But with unusually good trail conditions, some mushers say, the race record of nine days, 58 minutes, set by Swingley in 2000 could be broken.
	espn.go.com /moresports/news/2002/0308/1347571.html (626 words)

	The Spokesman-Review.com
		Nikolai, Alaska _ Norwegian Kjetil Backen took the early lead Tuesday in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, but said that was not his intention.
		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.
		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)

	IdidaRide Sled Dog Tours and full-day Alaskan adventures in Seward, Alaska
		Here at Seavey's Iditarod Racing Team our focus is on our family, both human and canine.
		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.
		Seavey's Iditarod Racing Team: The latest on Team Seavey's racing Accomplishments.
	www.ididaride.com (329 words)

	MISC-Iditarod, 2nd Writethru,.. #####..REUSE STORY ID..!!!!...#### (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Norwegian musher and Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion Robert Sorlie drives his dog team up a hill.
		Defending champion Mitch Seavey of Seward arrived at Koyuk 40 minutes after Sorlie, 275 kilometres from the end of the race.
		Though Sorlie has held the lead over wet, slushy trail since the halfway point at Iditarod, his dogs had been slowing, running just under 10 km/h Monday afternoon, according to Iditarod officials.
	www.cp.org /premium/Online/Member/Sports/050315/s031509A.html (605 words)

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