Behind the Scenes
Iditarod By: Bianca&Ava
Towns
- Anchorage is starting line
- Biggest city
- Population is 254,849
- Nome is the finish line
- Population 3,576
Checkpoints
- Normally below zero degrees
- Dogs- raw meat
- Dogs-bacon
- Trail mix-mushers
- Honeyballs-mushers
- Honeyballs made differently- dogs
Health
- ECG evaluation to check for heart problems
- Blood test
- Pre-race evaluation by a licensed veterinarian
- Months of training double aerobic capacity
- Drug testing
- Dogs burn calories extremely fast
Judges/Rules
- Every musher has a cachet
- Judges check to see if they have them
- If not they have to go back to the last checkpoint
- Have to be 18 yeas old
Fun facts
- Dogs eat 12,000 calories per day which is equivalent to 24 big macs
- Carl Hunginton won the slowest race 20 days,15 hours and 2 minutes
- Some mushers get attacked by moose
- Trails get relocated sometimes during the race
- Dogs on a diet to 60 to 70 percent fat
History
- Diphtheria winter 1925
- Dogs brought in medicine
- Makes it hard to breath
- Gold found on Nomes beaches
- British man misinterpreted Nome
- Should be named something different
A checkpoint during the race.
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Dogs running.
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Dog being helped.
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Works cited
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"Diphtheria and the Alaskan Iditarod." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 16 May 2013. Web. 04 Mar. 2015.
"Iditarod - Last Great Race on Earth®." Iditarod - Last Great Race on Earth®. Iditarod Trail Committee, Inc., 3 Feb. 2015. Web. 31 Jan. 2015.
McPherson, National Geographic PUBLISHED March 8, 2014, Angie. "5 Surprising Facts About the Iditarod Dog Sled Race." National Geographic. National Geographic Society, 8 Mar. 2014. Web. 31 Mar. 2016.
"Report from the Iditarod: The race restart: Sunday saw mushers pack sleds, head for first checkpoint." News-Sentinel [Fort Wayne, IN] 6 Mar. 2007. Student Resources in Context. Web. 6 Apr. 2016
Shahan, Sherry. "Teens, Their Dogs, and an Amazing Race." Christian Science Monitor. Feb. 19 2008: n.p. SIRS Discoverer. Web. 05 Apr. 2016.