The Iditarod race by Michael burget

The conditions you mite face

You mite face some big blizzards. And you will face 10 degrees below

zero some freezing weather.

The equipment you will need

You will need four booties for each dog. You need two pounds of food for each

dog in case of an and emergency and you need the same amount of food when you return.

You need really thick coat for the cold weather.

The way I would take care of my dogs

First I would melt some snow for something to drink and for something for the dogs to drink.

Then I would take some water and put the frozen beef in the boiling hot water.

Then I would prepare the dishes then we eat.

The dangers you mite face

The dogs mite get in a big tangle and they mite strangle them selves.

You may run in to a snowmobile and can hurt the dogs and brake the sled.

Or you may see a moose and the moose may think the dogs are wolves and may injure many dog before you can scare it away.

A day in the life of a musher

Traditionally, people in Northern Canada used dog sledding as their main method of transportation. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) used dog sleds to patrol the north until 1969. But, in the last 50 years new technology and the creation of snowmobiles have replaced much of the dog sled use. While dog sleds can reach speeds of 40km/hour, snowmobiles can travel as fast as 193km/hr.

The first dog sled race took place over one hundred years ago. Today the biggest and most famous dog sled race in the world is The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, which first took place in 1973. In this race, mushers race over 1851 kilometres of snow, ice and in harsh arctic conditions for many days. Dog sled racing is not an official sport of the Winter Olympics, but was included in the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placed USA as a demonstration sport. http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/canadas_north/dogsled/index.cfm