it is a dogsled race from one end of Alaska to the other. A team of anywhere from 12 to 16 dogs pull a sled with a musher (dog controller) across the snow and ice. The Winner gets a cash prize and usually a trophy, but most of the people that win, do it mostly for the fun of it.
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∙ 9y agoThe Iditarod is a celebration of the loyalty and courage of the sled dog.
Sled dogs have played a very important role in the history and culture of Alaska and the North Country.
The Iditarod places humans and dogs together in a very challenging event that strengthens the bond between all members of the team.
Teamwork is the only way to get to the finish line, as "...common sense and good sportsmanship shall prevail."It is name afther the iditarod trail which is indian for clear water
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∙ 12y agothe first purpose was to get medicine to people in Nome, AK who had diphtheria
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∙ 15y agothe Iditarod was started in honor of the serum race and all the people and dogs who ran in it to save the town of Nome because diphtheria was spreading
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∙ 13y agodiphtheria is important in the iditarod because the iditarod is a race based on the serum run. without the disease there would have been no serum run and there would have been no iditarod
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∙ 12y agoin memory of the incident where this dude had to get medicine to nome from ancrage (I no I spelled that wrong) a long time ago
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∙ 13y agoto deliver mails on sled
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∙ 12y agoit saved Nome
to have dogs and race them to win.
the iditarod is named after the ghost town iditarod in the northern route.
The "halfway point" checkpoint for the iditarod race is Ophir to Iditarod
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It is Alaskian because the Iditarod is in Alaska!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the iditarod originated from the serum run.
People enter the Iditarod to win the money. They also enter the race to be in the outdoors and to say that they raced the Iditarod. People enter the Iditarod to win the money. They also enter the race to be in the outdoors and to say that they raced the Iditarod.
The first day of the Iditarod is March 2nd, 2013
the iditarod can be very dangerous at times.
Nope. Lance Mackey was the winner.
Rachel Robinson was indeed in the iditarod race
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