The Amazing Race!
Learn abut the dogs,how it all began, and about the race
BY: Isabella Stewart , Caleb Holbrook, and Caleb Jones
What is the Iditarod
- The Iditarod is a sledding race that happens on the first Saturday of March. It's 1,049 miles long. The race goes to Anchorage, Alaska to Nome, Alaska.
What is Diphtheria
It is a contagious disease that spreads through the nostrils, throat, and tonsils also
it spreads through bacteria
Back in time !
- The Iditarod began because of a virus called dipheria, that makes breathing hard and medicines and antibiotic's
- The outbreak in 1925 could kill most of the population in Nome
- The race format started in 1973
- The first races started in 1967, and 1969
- People in Siberia would use dog sledding as a lengthy migration
- In the 1920s dog sledding was brought to England because gold relied on the sled dogs
The dogs at the starting line
The trail for the southern rout and the northern rout
A baby getting a shot for Diphtheria
The Musher and the dogs on the trail
A group of dogs running from the starting line
Sprinting for the finish line
Woof, the Dogs are Ready
- Alaskan huskies are most common use dogs in dog racing but there are Siberian huskies
- There is special bond between the dogs and the mushers
- Mushers reach checkpoint at night to get for their dogs
- The dogs do not mind the cold temperatures
- The dogs are good athletes, hard working, hardly driven and friendly
Starting at the Starting Line
- The race takes place in Anchorage,Alaska and ends in Nome, Alaska
- Drivers are known as Mushers
- The race takes abut 10 to 17 days
- The Mushers must have at least 5 dogs cross the finish line
- Some Mushers will eat high protein dog food
- Mushers wear heavy snow suits and very thick sleeping bags
- Winds that block out site and temperatures that are below zero
- Top 30 winners spit and share the money of 650,000 but first place wins a new truck and $50,400
Interesting Facts
- Modern people use Siberian huskies or Alaskan Malamute
- Sprint races are up to 30 miles
- Mid distance races are 300 miles
- A distance race is 1000 miles
- Fastest sprint terms up to 20 miles
- Mushers take the northern route even years and take the southern route odd years
- The entry fee is $3,000 and the late fee is $7,000
Work Cited
- http://www.cdc.gov/features/Diphtheria/index.html
- http://www.healthdirect.gov.au/diphtheria
- Nightingale, Dave. "Iditarod." World Book Student. World Book, 2016. Web. 1 Feb. 2016.
- Egan, Jill. "King of the Iditarod." Time for Kids. 15 Mar. 2006: n.p. SIRS Discoverer. Web. 01 Feb. 2016
- Thiessen, Mark. "Nome Preps for Iditarod Mushers." Lincoln Courier. 10 Mar. 2014: n.p. SIRS Discoverer. Web. 01 Feb. 2016.
- http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/iditarod/dogs_life/index.asp?article=dogs_life