The Idatarod
Beginning of paper
Picture this: You are going to travel over one thousand
miles across Alaska---by car?
by train? by plane? NO!! You are travelling by dogsled -
your only companions on this journey will be eleven to
fourteen of the most honest, loyal and strong dogs that you
can find. For over six grueling ....
Middle of paper
.... was begun in the 1960's when people
tried to restore tradition to Alaska. It was first run to
commemorate a trip that took place in 1925 to deliver
medicine to Nome. The race has two routes, the Northern and
the Southern. In even-numbered years, the Northern route is
used and in odd-numbered years, the Southern route is used.
The Iditarod is the hardest and toughest dogsled race there
is. Sometimes the mushers get so tired, they hallucinate.
What makes the ra ....
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