The Idatarod
Title: The Idatarod
Category: /Literature/English
Details: Words: 877 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Idatarod
Category: /Literature/English
Details: Words: 877 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
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.
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…showed last 75 words of 877 total…that slide over the snow.
Snow hook: Ancholrs the dog team at rest stops. Made of
heavy metal.
Brake: Attached to the rear of the sled. Shaped like a
claw. Musher stands on it and yells "Whoa!"
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. "Dogsled Races" 1994.
"Huskies Hounded", The Economist. March 5, 1994.
"Ready, Set, Go!" Ranger Rick., March, 1994.
Skorupa, Joe. "Iditarod: The Last Great Race," Popular
Mechanics. July, 1993.
Ward, Alex . "Man and Dog Vs. Alaska," NY Times Magazine.
February 24, 1985.
