Iditarod+2009

=Iditarod 2009=

During our Force and Motion science unit, we will be studying and following the Iditarod Dog Sled Race!

Lance Mackey (Meghan's Musher) has won the 2009 Iditarod. This is his 3rd win in a row. To find more information go to the Iditarod website.
The Iditarod is over. Timothy Hunt (Tyler's Musher) was honered with the //Red Latern.//

The Last Great Race On Earth
 You can’t compare it to any other competitive event in the world! A race over 1150 miles of the roughest, most beautiful terrain Mother Nature has to offer. She throws jagged mountain ranges, frozen river, dense forest, desolate tundra and miles of windswept coast at the mushers and their dog teams. Add to that temperatures far below zero, winds that can cause a complete loss of visibility, the hazards of overflow, long hours of darkness and treacherous climbs and side hills, and you have the Iditarod. A race extraordinaire, a race only possible in Alaska.

Remember- STAY IN THE RACE!

 * [|The Official Iditarod Website]
 * [|Meet a Musher]
 * Choosing a Musher - Advice from Gypsy
 * [|Iditarod: Race Across Alaska (Scholastic)]
 * [|Sled Dog Podcast]
 * [|Iditablog]
 * __[|Sled Dogs: An Alaskan Epic]__
 * [|Anchorage Daily News Coverage of Iditarod 2009]
 * [|Bering Strait School District Wiki (Iditarod Thematic Unit)]
 * __U[|ltimate Iditarod.com]__
 * [|Dogsled.com]
 * __[|Midge Frazel's Iditarod Dog Sled Race Page]__