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The Idatarod - Online Term Paper

The Idatarod

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 months, you and your
carefully selected dogs have been training, and now it is up
to you and your canine companions.

For sledders (or "mushers") this is a dream come true
because they are about to start the Iditarod - a name
possibly derived from the Indian word "Ingalik" meaning
"distant place". Only half of the starting team of dogs
will finish. Those with the strongest ...

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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 race so demanding? Three features: time,
temperature and distance.

The temperature in Alaska is so cold that it can reach up to
40 degrees below zero during the running of the race.
Because it gets so cold, the mushers have to wear several
layers of clothing. One of the major sponsors (Timberland)
has made specially-designed clothes to keep them warm,
including sleeping bags, snowshores, special long underwear,
boots for wet and dry surfaces, water resistant climbing
suits, and mittens made out of beaver skin. Other equipment
includes dog "booties" for the dogs' feet, and a six foot
long 28 pound tobaggan. One tobaggan, made by North Star is
called the "Ferrari " of ...

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Added: 10/11/2004 11:57:45 AM
Category: Miscellaneous
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 868
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