It is a test of strength, agility, stamina, and willpower. Not to mention the teamwork!
in the Jr. Iditarod Race there is a trophy so i guess there is one.
(see the short answer in caps on the bottom) Seriously why are you asking this question? It is "so long" because the people who started the Iditarod used it to transport medicine to the really sick people and it became a race because it was for fun and it got longer after the years. SO BASICALLY THEY WANTED THE MUSHERS TO TRY HARDER
there is enough snow in Alaska to actually have DOGS race in a SLED. so they started it there
there will not be another 2009 race, because there is only one a year. so the next one will be in 2010 in the month of march
The weather can be really bad at some times so it makes it hard to race. one of the dogs could get pragnent and not be able to race
They would need to be tought so they cold get though the cold
The course and the riding conditions are different from one race to another, so no one really cares.
A bib in the mushing world is no so they don't have to clean their jackets, no! It shows the musher's starting order.
some facts are that it is 1,147 miles long, there are 2 routes, there are about 60 teams in each race, each team starts out with 16 dogs, the fastest Iditarod time was 9 days and it oringinated from the serum run. hope that helps
she started from working for her neighbor who loved racing dogs and she worked so hard to get to where she is today by racing in the iditarod race
It means how many miles of snow the dog will travel on. Thanks i used this on my prject i had for Iditarod hunt thanks so much :D
This site will explain the history of Dogsleding and the Iditarod in Alaska:* Iditarod HistoryIditarod History. The Beginning. The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race first ran to Nome in 1973, after two short races on part of the Iditarod Trail in 1967 and ...** http://www.iditarod.com/learn/history.htmlBecause an epidemic of diphtheria came to nome and they didn't have enough anti-toxin to give to everyone. so people outside of nome formed a relay to get the anti-toxin to nome.