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Hello friends, Did you know that each year the Iditarod …
Dear Girls and Boys, Have you ever seen the foot of a sled dog? We have pretty big feet with four toes. When we step down, our toes spread and give us lots of balance. Our feet don’t get as cold as yours do in the snow because of something called “countercurrent circulation” where warm …
Hello friends, Preparations are underway for the 2020 Iditarod. The humans have already prepared their Drop Bags and sent them to Anchorage where they will be sorted by checkpoint and flown out on the trail. Rules #47 & 48 describe what can and can’t be shipped in the bags. Bags include personal gear and equipment …
Dear Boys and Girls, Have you ever wondered what happens when a sled dog team is running and one dog has to go to the bathroom? This might be an embarrassing questions for kids, but for us dogs? We don’t care! From early on, we sled dogs learn to go to the bathroom “on …
Dear Girls and Boys, House dogs often sleep on a fluffy pillow bed, but sled dogs in Alaska have their own little huts outside. Instead of curling up on a bed or pillow, sled dogs get cozy on layers of straw. Lately, volunteers in Alaska have been covering straw bales with waterproof plastic. These straw …
Dear Boys and Girls, February 2nd was National Sled Dog Day! It is a day dedicated to us sled dogs, reminding people of how sled dogs helped people with transportation, especially in the northern parts of the world. 1. Sled dogs helped haul mail and supplies to the gold miners during Alaskan Gold …
Dear Girls and Boys, I am a sled dog, and we love to run and pull! Whenever a musher comes out into their dog kennel with harnesses, we dogs start jumping and barking like crazy, almost as though we are saying, “Pick me! Pick me!” Many sled dogs get practice on other races before the …
Dear Boys and Girls, What is currently happening with the mushers? They are packing drop bags! Each musher may send ahead three 50 lb. bags of supplies for EACH checkpoint. Count up the checkpoints on the northern route of the race and figure out how many bags a musher can send ahead. https://iditarod.com/race/2020/checkpoints/ The reason …
Hello friends, The race season in Alaska and the Lower 48 is in full swing gearing up for the Iditarod. Watch your favorite mushers as they compete in (or completed) races including the Willow 300, the Kuskokwim 300, and the Yukon Quest. In the Lower 48 the John Beargrease in Duluth, MN is ready for a …