The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
It’s unlike any other event in the world. A race over 1,150 miles of the most extreme and beautiful terrain known to man: across mountain ranges, frozen rivers, dense forests, desolate tundra and windswept coastline.

Iditarod XXXVI starts on March 1, 2008
Iditarod XXXVII starts on March 7, 2009
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
Iditarod Teachers Portal
Nature Sled Dogs: An Alaskan Epic
Iditarod Education Expedition
Balto
The Iditarod: Fact, Not Fiction
What about the dogs?

Check out some of these books from your library to get you started before race time: March 1, 2008.

Iditarod Links
These links will help you as you learn about the Iditarod.

Iditarod XXXVI starts on March 1, 2008
The Official Site of the Iditarod Regular updates during the race, musher biographies, educational info and more.
Iditarod Teachers Portal
Nature Sled Dogs: An Alaskan Epic
Cabelas Iditarod
Cabela’s Iditarod Education Expedition The Iditarod Education Expedition is an activity center designed for students, teachers, and parents who wish to learn more about the Iditarod Trail race and have lots of fun too.
Balto
The Iditarod: Fact, Not Fiction
Wikipedia: Iditarod
The eIditarod Project If you are looking for a fun unit study this winter, check out http://surfaquarium.com/eIDITAROD/. It’s a fun group that follows the Iditarod. Kids choose “mushers”, make homemade maps of Alaska, can do projects, etc. It’s geared for all ages. Classrooms and homeschool families join. The kids can check on line every day to follow the mushers progress.
What about the dogs?