I have been teaching English at Woodsville High School for going on nine years. I teach mostly English 9, along with a few electives (including this one!).
I don't know much about the Iditarod. All I know is that it's a dog sled race going through Alaska.
Things I learned from http://www.iditarod.com/learn/ was that it is 1180 miles long lasting for 10 - 17 days. There are 12 to 16 dogs to one sled and it is based on volunteers only. No one is paid to work there, but volunteers are given food and supplies and they run and organize the race.
Gary Paulsen has done the Iditarod twice and if you Google his name you can find his journals on what happened during the race, before the race, and after. Gary ran from home with a carnival at the age of 14. He entered the 1983 race. After running the Iditarod twice, he suffered an attack of angina and had to give up his dogs. After that he focused more on writing stories.
The keep track of the dogs by using microchips and collar tags. The first Iditarod race to Nome started March 3, 1973. A red lantern is awarded to the last musher to finish. The largest number of mushers to finish a single race was 77 in 2004. The teams average 16 dogs, which means over 1,000 dogs leave Anchorage for Nome. There are 26 checkpoints on the northern route, the first in Anchorage and the last in Nome. On the southern route, there are 27 checkpoints.Carl Huntington won the 1974 race with the slowest winning time, 20 days, 15 hours, two minutes and seven seconds.
I don't know much about the iditarod, but after i went on http://www.iditarod.com/learn/ i learned that its a race over 1150 miles through the jagged mountains, the frozen rivers, and through the cold forest. This race is long and hard, but in the end i'm sure it's very accomplishing. A race like this is could only be held in Alaska.
Gary Paulsen...
Again, i don't know much about Gary Paulsen either but the main thing i know about him is that he writes some of the best books. Gary lives in New Mexico with his wife, and i found out that he was once in the Iditarod, but i guess never came around to being able to finish.
AMBER: Dogs are already used to coldness. I have a Siberian husky that came from Alaska. His name is Zeus. He was dropped off on our doorstep. He is really sick. My cousin Jeremy lived in Alaska, and he had dogs in Alaska. He brought one back with him. When he was on a fishing boat he saw mushers on shore, and he thought it looked like fun. Wouldn't it get cold? Don't you need a lot of snow?
6 comments:
1. Siberian Huskies (sled dogs) have also been known as "Chukchas" or "Keshias."
2. The Iditarod is in Alaska and is 1,049 miles long.
3. Gary Paulsen has written over
200 books.
4. Gary Paulsen specializes in boring books and thriller books.
5. Gary Paulsen competed in the Iditarod...thrice.
6.The original (Inuit) sled dog was the Alaskan Malamute.
7. The movie "Snow Dogs" was based on the Iditarod.
~Peter
Gary Paulsen competed in the 1983 and 1985 Iditarods.
Due to his heart problem he stopped dog sledding in 1990.
Gary's speech on October 13 at the 2007 Sinclair Lewis writing conference he said the hit year he will compete again.
A musher is the guider of the sled who stands in the back of the sled yelling "MUSH" with the dogs in the front. Lined up by 2 side by side.
xx Chase xx
I don't know much about the Iditarod. All I know is that it's a dog sled race going through Alaska.
Things I learned from http://www.iditarod.com/learn/ was that it is 1180 miles long lasting for 10 - 17 days. There are 12 to 16 dogs to one sled and it is based on volunteers only. No one is paid to work there, but volunteers are given food and supplies and they run and organize the race.
Gary Paulsen has done the Iditarod twice and if you Google his name you can find his journals on what happened during the race, before the race, and after. Gary ran from home with a carnival at the age of 14. He entered the 1983 race. After running the Iditarod twice, he suffered an attack of angina and had to give up his dogs. After that he focused more on writing stories.
The keep track of the dogs by using microchips and collar tags.
The first Iditarod race to Nome started March 3, 1973. A red lantern is awarded to the last musher to finish. The largest number of mushers to finish a single race was 77 in 2004. The teams average 16 dogs, which means over 1,000 dogs leave Anchorage for Nome. There are 26 checkpoints on the northern route, the first in Anchorage and the last in Nome. On the southern route, there are 27 checkpoints.Carl Huntington won the 1974 race with the slowest winning time, 20 days, 15 hours, two minutes and seven seconds.
http://www.iditarod.com/learn/trivia.html
katelyn
Iditarod...
I don't know much about the iditarod, but after i went on http://www.iditarod.com/learn/ i learned that its a race over 1150 miles through the jagged mountains, the frozen rivers, and through the cold forest. This race is long and hard, but in the end i'm sure it's very accomplishing. A race like this is could only be held in Alaska.
Gary Paulsen...
Again, i don't know much about Gary Paulsen either but the main thing i know about him is that he writes some of the best books. Gary lives in New Mexico with his wife, and i found out that he was once in the Iditarod, but i guess never came around to being able to finish.
-Jackie!
AMBER:
Dogs are already used to coldness. I have a Siberian husky that came from Alaska. His name is Zeus. He was dropped off on our doorstep. He is really sick. My cousin Jeremy lived in Alaska, and he had dogs in Alaska. He brought one back with him. When he was on a fishing boat he saw mushers on shore, and he thought it looked like fun. Wouldn't it get cold? Don't you need a lot of snow?
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