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- noun an important dogsled race run annually on the Iditarod Trail
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Hey, also, springtime in Alaska, that means the legendary iditarod race.
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At 12: 50 PM, hester said ... did you really stay for the whole thing?? quite impressive! btw, our performance of zimmermann's Erde-Wasser-Luft-Töne was prepared with heavy non-stick masking tape and blankets. drury's performance of it in jordan hall used steel putty. glad you enjoyed the iditarod!
On the Trail Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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His father and brother are also iditarod champions.
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Lance Mackey and his sled team crossed the iditarod trail finish line before dawn today, nine-and-a-half days and 1,100 miles after leaving Anchorage.
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Here's the official profile of Whaley at iditarod.com.
Tennessean Runs Iditarod Divers 2008
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More than a decade ago, you see, in Alaska, Ms. Mormile was competing in her third iditarod race.
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Log onto the official Iditarod Web site iditarod.com, read the Idita-Rider rules on bidding, and mail or fax your completed form to the Iditarod headquarters.
How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003
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Log onto the official Iditarod Web site iditarod.com, read the Idita-Rider rules on bidding, and mail or fax your completed form to the Iditarod headquarters.
How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003
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Log onto the official Iditarod Web site iditarod.com, read the Idita-Rider rules on bidding, and mail or fax your completed form to the Iditarod headquarters.
How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003
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He is very much like a musher who is determined to win the iditarod race in Alaska, by getting rid of those sled dogs that are weak and clearing the obstacles.
News - latimes.com By Se 2012
chained_bear commented on the word iditarod
This is hardly the definitive source of info about the Iditarod, but since nothing was posted here yet, I thought some folks might be interested.
"The world-famous Iditarod race commemorates the husky's finest moment. In the particularly harsh winter of 1925, a violent diphtheria epidemic broke out in the coastal city of Nome. The governor of Alaska ordered mushers to report to relay points along the 670 miles between Nenana and Nome to transport life-saving serum to the mortally threatened city. The legendary Serum Run involved twenty dog teams relaying serum along much of what is now the Iditarod trail. Out of this heroic mission arose the legends of Togo and Balto, two lead dogs who pulled their sleds through blanketing whiteouts, one of whom—Balto—is honored with a bronze statue in New York's Central Park." And a goofy movie.
—Merrily Weisbord and Kim Kachanoff, Dogs with Jobs: Working Dogs Around the World (NY and London: Pocket Books, 2000), 155
July 28, 2009