THE IDITAROD

THE IDITAROD IS AN ANNUAL DOG SLED RECE THAT TAKES PLACE ON THE IDITIROD TRAIL BETWEEN ANCHORAGE,ALSKA AND NOME,ALASKA.THE IDITAROD ISNT JUST ANY RACE;IT'S A RACE THAT PAIRS HUMANS,OR MUSHERS,WITH THEIR SLED DOGS AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY ACROSS WELL OVER 1100 MILES (1769KILOMETERS) OF SOME OF THE ROUGHEST , COLDEST WILDERNESS IN NORTH AMERICA.THE IDITAROD HAS BEEN CALLED "THE LAST GREAT RACE ON EARTH" AND IT GOT ITS START IN 1973 WITH A TOTAL WINNING PURSE OF $25,000 US DOLLARS(USD)