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Iditarod

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Iditarod (īdĭt`ərŏd'), abandoned town in SW Alaska, site of a 1908 gold rush, on the Iditarod River. The town site and river lie on the

Iditarod National Historic Trail, 2,350 mi (3,781 km) long, a gold-seekers' route from Seward to Nome (see National Parks and Monuments National Parks and Monuments

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Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
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Iditarod Race, an annual dogsled competition that runs 1,160 mi (1,868 km) from Anchorage to Nome. The race commemorates a medical mission undertaken by dog sled during a 1925 diphtheria epidemic. First held in 1973, the Iditarod is run in March and draws some 50 drivers and teams, with the winner taking 9–11 days to complete the course.

Bibliography

See G. and L. Salisbury, The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic (2003).
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Running With Champions: A Midlife Journey On The Open Trail is the memoir of an ordinary Alaskan fisherwoman whose journey to see the finish of the 1,049-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race transformed her life forever.
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SLED-DOG RACING: Dog teams whisked past hundreds of spectators on a frozen lake in Willow, Alaska, before climbing a small hill and disappearing into the woods at the official start of the Iditarod.
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It'll be just like Alaska's famed Iditarod race, I imagined.
To the dogs: mushing a husky-powered sled through the frigid arctic ... by Frei, Darren / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
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