The Iditarod Race HISTORY!!!
By: Jack Olson and Anna Salerno
When the Iditarod starts
- The first Saturday of March
- The current trail was made in 1973
The Mushers
- the mushers are the sled drivers
- the mushers take care and feed the dogs
- the dogs require endurence
Iditarod backround
- at least five dogs have to finish
- "Last Great Race on Earth" is another name for the Iditarod
- takes about ten to seventeen days
- Compete for $ 69000 and a new Truck
Location
- Starts in Anchorage and ends in Nome
- 1100 miles long
Diphtheria backround
- Diphtheria is a disease that has killed over 10000
- Mushers will deliver medicine for the disease during the race
- Many kids deepened on the medicine
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A picture of a Musher and their dogs
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A map of the trail. The upper dotted trail is for even years and lower is odd.
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A winner of an Iditarod