Commemoration Day
IDITAROD
Mushers and Dogs
- teams of 12 to 16 dogs compete
- mushers are the people that steer the sled
- mushers care for their dogs
- the mushers have to 18 years of age and older to compete
- the mushers compete for 69 thousand dollars and a new truck
- mushers and their dogs eat high calorie food
- mushers must have a sleeping bag and an axe
- the dogs need boots to protect their paws
Alaskan race
- race starts on the first Saturday in March
- race starts in Anchorage and finishes in Nome Alaska
- race is about 1150 miles long
- race takes 10 to 17 days
- race is called '"The Last Great Race on Earth"
- the race route is alternated every other year
History
- race started in 1973
- Iditarod commemorates an emergency rescue mission by a dog sled
- Iditarod race was to save dog sledding culture
- in 1925 sled dogs delivered life saving medicine to children in Nome
Work Cited
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/iditarod/dogs_life/index.asp?article=dogs_life
"Race Across Alaska." Weekly Reader-3 (Vol. 74, No. 19). Feb. 25 2005: 2+. SIRS Discoverer. Web. 01 Feb. 2016.
Cole Chestnut, Cole Figurelle and Layla Gnacyk
2/4/2016
Period:1/7